LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has attributed the drop in the revenue it generated from the sale of forms for the 2021 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examinations and the Direct Entry Examinations to the introduction of the National Identification Number requirement into the registration process. It said the NIN requirement made…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has said that the use of National Identification Number (NIN) is now a mandatory requirement for registration for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by candidates. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who made this known, on Thursday, in Abuja during 2020 Ministerial press briefing, ordered the Joint Admissions and…
LAGO JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released guidelines to all heads of tertiary institutions for the 2020 admission exercise. The board also told all institutions to begin admission for candidates for first and second choices on August 21, 2020. In the document, seen by PREMIUM TIMES, and sent to all…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Wednesday announced drastic cut in the cost of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board and National Examination Council registration and examination fees. Under the new arrangement, applicants will pay N3,500 as JAMB examination fees against the previous fees N5,000, N9,850 for Senior Secondary Certificate examination SSCE, which is…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB has announced the release of the results of the 2018 rescheduled UTME examination. JAMB’s Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the announcement Tuesday in an interview with the NAN in Abuja. The mop up examination which was conducted last Saturday, May 26, 2018 included…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has urged the federal ministry of education to review downward the cost of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) by about 50% from the current N7, 500.00 to not more than N3, 000.00. The House, while adopting a motion by James Faleke (APC, Lagos) urged the Federal Ministry of…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has distanced itself from a purported cut-off mark being circulated in some sections of the media, saying it did not emanate from the board. The board’s Head of Media and Information Department, Dr Fabian Benjamin said no such cut-off mark, whether for programmes or institutions…
LAGOS MARH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The families of a candidate of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Awka, Anambra State, John Ezekwe, and a cameraman in Lagos, Victor, have been thrown into mourning after they drowned on Saturday. While Ezekwe drowned in the swimming pool of a hotel on Old INEC Road, Awka South, Victor was…