Oloyede who debunked claims that JAMB had stated sales of 2019 forms months ago, said that the Board would commence the sale of UTME forms January 10, 2019. According to him, the sales will last for six weeks, followed by examination in March.
He said: “Sales of forms begins January 10, and it will be sold for six weeks.” Addressing owners and managers of 817 accredited CBT centres across the country, Oloyede warned them against conniving with candidates in any form of malpractice, adding that 50 CBT centres that were found culpable in the last examination have been banned
West African universities should produce graduates who will meet the needs of the entire sub-region
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede “Our universities must be made not to limit their visions to the production of graduates capable of meeting only the needs of their various nations (markets.) ”The challenges of trans-border research have been identified to include the differences in the education systems in the sub-region, weak internal assessment mechanism and superficial external quality assurance system.
JAMB announces admission offer to 200,000 UTME candidates
The Head, Media and Information of the JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos, said that the admission took effect after the board’s policy meeting in June in Gbongan, Osun state.
Varsities lack facilities to support visually impaired persons –Okebukola
The National Coordinator, JAMB Equal Opportunity Group, Prof. Peter Okebukola, has said that most Nigerian universities lack the right facilities to support visually impaired people.
Okebukola said “We expect that our universities should have the physical and emotional environment that is supportive of these candidates. But most of our universities don’t have the facilities to support visually impaired people.” on the sidelines of the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for Special Candidates held recently at the Distance Learning Centre, University of Lagos, Akoka.
Calling on the Federal Government to keep supporting JAMB in terms of the methodology for improving the conduct of the UTME for visually impaired candidates and in other ways .
Noting that 320 visually impaired admission seekers took the 2018 UTME in Lagos, Okebukola also said there was an improvement in the conduct of the examination in terms of logistics.
Full article : http://punchng.com/varsities-lack-facilities-to-support-visually-impaired-persons-okebukola/
We are still screening 111,981 withheld UTME results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said on Monday that 111,981 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results withheld by the board were still undergoing screening.
The JAMB Head of Public Affairs, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated this in a brief interview with our correspondent, noting that the board would communicate its findings at the appropriate time.
JAMB in a statement last Tuesday had said that the results of 111,981 candidates who sat for the 2018 UTME were withheld for “further screening” while it had released 1,502,978 results.
Full Article : http://punchng.com/we-are-still-screening-111981-withheld-utme-results-jamb/
UTME: print notification slip from March 6, JAMB tells candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates for the 2018 UTME to start printing their examination notification slip from Tuesday,March 6.
The board’s Head of Media and Information Department, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said in Lagos on Sunday that arrangements had been concluded for the successful conduct of the exam scheduled to hold from March 9 to March 17.“With have successfully conducted the Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Monday, February 26, and based on that, we can confidently say, we are good to go.
“The mock UTME was to expose the candidates to the process as well as test the level of preparedness of the various centres.“Candidates can now go ahead and print their examination notification slips from Tuesday.“These candidates must ensure that these slips are printed before Friday, March 9 in order to familiarise themselves with the examination schedules as no form of excuse for missing the examination will be entertained.
“We want to warn that the board will not reschedule any examination for anybody and so any candidate that fails to adhere strictly to the examination schedule as stated in their slips should have himself or herself to blame,” he told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).Benjamin, however, warned candidates not to go to their respective centres with prohibited items such as telephones, wristwatches, pens, and other devices.NAN reports that over 1.6 million candidates are expected to write the examination in 602 centres across the country.
Candidates protest UTME date
Scores of candidates, who registered for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, on Monday protested in Lagos against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s decision to schedule the examination for March.
The protesting candidates were led by the National President of the Association of Tutorial School Operators, Mr. Dotun Sodunke. Many of them were seen carrying placards, which bore various inscriptions.
Addressing journalists during the protest, Sodunke warned that Nigerians might witness mass failure; if JAMB went on to hold the examination as scheduled.
Arguing that the board’s decision to fix the date of the examination for March was not in the best interest of the candidates, he said the latter needed enough time to complete the UTME syllabus before sitting the examination.
Full Article : http://punchng.com/candidates-protest-utme-date-demand-postponement/
JAMB fixes February 26 for 2018 UTME mock test
JAMB’s head, media and information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, explained that the examination was expected to be hitch-free The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) mock examination for 2018 UTME is set to hold on Monday, February 26, The Punch reports.
Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s head of media and Information, on Sunday, February 18, in Lagos said a total of 245,753 of the 1,652,795 candidates that registered for this year’s UTME are expected to write the test. “We are happy to announce to the public that the board has concluded arrangement for the conduct of the mock UTME, slated for Monday, February 26.
“This is irrespective of the ongoing strike embarked upon by members of non-academic unions of federal universities nationwide. “Candidates will soon be informed on when to print notifications for the examination and in addition, notifications will be sent through e-mails and text messages on the schedules of their examination,” he said.
JAMB extends 2018 UTME registration
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has extended registration for 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The board which announced the extension in a statement, Tuesday evening, said the registration will go on till February 11, 2018.
Candidates Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Head of Media, who released the state to that effect, emphasized that the extension grace was for one week only, and advised candidates yet to register to take advantage of doing so within the extended period. “JAMB as a responsive organisation has taken the decision albeit with great hesitation to accommodate candidates who failed to register between the two months window period that ended at midnight of Tuesday, 6th February, 2018,” he said, warning that such gesture in future may involve some penalty.
JAMB generates N46bn in forms’ sales in 6 years
MANY nations world over that perceive the education of its citizenry as part of capital and national development, have continuously ensured that its people have access to qualitative education by either offering them free education to certain level or making it affordable.
In Nigeria, it’s not clear if government is in that narrative, as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has become a source of revenue generation for the Federal Government.Speaking exclusively with Vanguard, yesterday, JAMB spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin said, “There is no section in the Act that established the Board that mandated it to generate revenue for the Federal Government.
We are not generating revenue for the Federal Government. What we collect from candidates are liabilities for the service we have not rendered. But in the event whereby we have excess, it is only natural to know that it’s not ours, therefore, we return it to the government.
Source : Vanguard