The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday directed all tertiary institutions to end their 2017 admission by January 25. The Board’s Head of Media, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja.
Benjamin said the board’s decision came after a meeting where all issues and ones bordering on the admission process were taken into consideration.
Source : Vanguard
How To Purchase 2018 JAMB PIN On Remita
No need to join long queues, JAMB and Remita have made UTME forms purchase easier.
Here’s how it works:
– Create your profile by sending your Surname, First Name and Middle Name (where applicable) by SMS to the JAMB short code, 55019
– You will receive a 10-character confirmation code on the same telephone number which will be used to procure your ePIN
– Visit https://remita.net
– Click the “Buy JAMB FORM” button
– Select ‘Sales of JAMB/UTME Registration Forms’ in the ‘Name of Service/Purpose” column
– Enter your registered phone number (the one on which you received the confirmation code)
– Enter other details and select how you want to pay
– Click ‘Submit’
After payment, your PIN is delivered to your phone number and also displayed on your Remita receipt.
Fore more details, visit http://www.remita.net/jamb or follow @RemitaNet on Twitter and Instagram
JAMB to conduct mock exams in January
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), is to conduct its optional mock examination in January, preparatory to a better examination later in the year.
The board made this disclosure in a statement signed by its Head of Media, Mr Fabian Benjamin and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.
The board also reiterated the need for candidates to register on time and ensure that they follow due process in order to avoid avoidable challenges.
Source : Dailytrust
UTME 2018: JAMB warns telecom coys against multiple charges
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has warned telecommunication companies against arbitrarily charging its Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination on short service message, sms charges. JAMB candidates.
The board said even as it was aware of the nation’s network challenges, telecom companies should not expect the candidates to pay for their infrastructural difficulties.
Source : Vanguard
JAMB to organise retreat
Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been advised to find a way of hasten up admission process into various universities in the country which is a little bit delayed this year.
The board is also tasked to organised a retreat to brainstorm on how best they can handle admission process in order to avoid delay being experienced this year.
”The body responsible for admission should see how they will conclude this year’s admission and thereafter have a small retreat to brainstorm on their experience vis-a-vis what happened last year and then be able to identify loopholes and how best to do it in order to make sure that the delay will not be experience again next year,” he said.
Source : DailyTrust
JAMB registration has started and will end on the 6th of February, 2018.
JAMB registration process, i will implore you as a JAMB candidate to read
This post is for candidates that have not yet apply or are finding it hard to understand how to register for JAMB 2018.
You ought to likewise take note of that everything will cost you #6200 as it were.
Support E-stick + storybook =#5000 + #500 ( to be paid together in the bank)
Cbt enlistment fee= #700 (to be paid after you have effectively enrolled for JAMB 2018)
You ought to likewise realize that the telephone number you will use for receiving the affirmation code must have not been utilized to enlist for JAMB some time recently. It must be new to JAMB.
STEP 1
The first thing you will do, is to create a confirmation code with your phone, by sending your “Surname Firstname Othername” to 55019. They will charge you #50 for the SMS.
For full explanation on how to create the JAMB confirmation code, click the link below.After you’ve done that, you will receive a confirmation code from JAMB.
STEP 2
Then, you will go to the bank (UBA , Firstbank, Union bank etc) to purchase the JAMB E-pin. When you get to the bank, ask for instruction from any of the bank staffs you see. You will be asked to provide the confirmation code which JAMB sent to your phone, they will need it in order to generate your E-pin.STEP 3
Now that you have purchased the JAMB E-pin, you can now go to any JAMB CBT registered centre you know. You will be asked to provide your o’level result, JAMB E-pin, your confirmation code, and your passport ( they might use the laptop to snap you).
STEP 4After you have successfully registered for the JAMB 2018, you will be given a print out of the JAMB registration and also the compulsory storybook.
JAMB Accredits 72 Centres In Lagos
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has accredited 72 centres in Lagos State for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The State Coordinator, Mr. Sunday Aladegbaye, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Lagos that 63 centres were accredited for the examination this year.
He said the increase indicated that more candidates were likely to participate in 2018 Computer Based UTME.
“Preparations are in top gear for the examination in the state.
“We have accredited 72 centres that have met our requirements for the conduct of the mock and the main examination in 2018.
“But this figure can increase,’’ Aladegbaye said.
He warned mischief makers to desist from setting up strange centres for registration to defraud innocent Nigerians.
“Experience has shown that some group of persons will create a strange website in the name of JAMB and be registering candidates to defraud them.
“This is misleading just as it is criminal.
“We also wish to reach out to candidates to go to only approved centres for their registration.
“We (JAMB) will not be accountable for anything that happens to them.’’
The JAMB official said the board would prosecute any person or group of persons caught operating any illegal or unaccredited registration centre for its examinations.
He said the board was prosecuting a fraudster in court for allegedly registering candidates for the 2017 UTME.
“He operated the centre at a place very close to our Lagos office on Ojora Way in Lagos.
“When he was caught, he did not show any remorse.
“We will continue with the case until justice is achieved, to act as a deterrent to others.
“We are a credible organisation and feel strongly that things should be done the right way and with due process.
“It is only logical that any person or persons willing to do business with JAMB should go through the right channel in order not to cause Nigerians pains,’’ Aladegbaye said.
JAMB fixes dates for 2018 examination
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said on Wednesday morning that the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in 2018 would hang on March 9 to March 17, 2018.
The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, reported this amid a continuous partners’ meeting, saying that the dates were picked “taking into perception the dates of other open examinations.”
The board said the ridicule examination would hold between January 22 and 27, including that the application charge remained N5000.
Source : Punch
2018 UTME: JAMB bans pens, wristwatches in centres
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), coordinator of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), has prohibited the utilization of wrist watches and pens amid the direct of its 2018 test.
The board’s Registrar, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede revealed this to newsmen on the sideline of a sensitisation workshop for Computer Based Test (CBT) focus proprietors on Wednesday in Lagos.
As indicated by him, the workshop was to assess the enlistment and lead of the 2017 examination.
“What we are doing here today is to evaluate the enlistment and lead of our past examination and we have taken a few lessons from our experience.
Source : DailyTrust
Why JAMB may not reduce 2018 UTME fee -Oloyede
Ilorin – Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says the board may not review downward the fee for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in 2018. Oloyede Oloyede told newsmen on Thursday in Ilorin that the board had initially thought of reducing the fee for UTME in 2018.
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/10/jamb-may-not-reduce-2018-utme-fee-oloyede/