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The Foundation for Civic Education, Human Rights and Development Advancement has handed a seven-day notice to the Joint Administration and Matriculation Board beginning from Wednesday this week to release all withheld results or face repercussions. It threatened to lead an advocacy that would ultimately lead to the scrapping of the examination body if nothing was […]

A 15-year-old student named Olukayode Olusola from Government Secondary School, Omu Aran, Kwara State, achieved a score of 95 in the Mathematics section of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Olusola's total score in the examination was 362, positioning him as one of the top candidates with high scores, as reported by the Vanguard. Olusola, […]

At least 6.9 million candidates took the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination between 2019 and 2022 with only 2.03 million of them admitted into various tertiary institutions while 4.87 million candidates failed to secure admission. Among the 4.87 million candidates who failed to secure admission, are 4,385 candidates who scored 300 or more marks out of […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has extended registration for the Direct Entry. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, the board assured DE candidates of the possibility of an extension. However, the examination did not announce a new date for the registration of the exam would come to an end, but it […]

Following the start of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Friday, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has appealed to candidates who experienced glitches during the exam to stay calm as they will be rescheduled. The JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyode, who made the appeal while answering questions from newsmen after…

Candidates who were supposed to take the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination at Al-Mizyan Schools Computer Based Centre in Ikotun, Lagos State are currently unable to participate in the exercise due to technical glitches. Parents and guardians who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone noted that the CBT center gave excuses bordering on glitches with connection cables.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has urged candidates taking the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations to refrain from providing their details to fraudsters. The Board Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, provided the advice while answering questions from journalists during the monitoring exercise at the JAMB Professional Centre in Bwari on Friday. He stated, “Today’s […]

At least 577 visually impaired candidates are expected to participate in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME at 11 centers nationwide. Chairman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Equal Opportunity Group, Emeritus Professor Peter Okebukola, disclosed this on Thursday while speaking to the press in preparation for the 2024 UTME for visually impaired candidates and others […]