The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has engaged top IT experts and educational assessment professionals to investigate alleged technical glitches that marred the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. In separate interviews with The PUNCH on Sunday, some candidates blamed alleged technical glitches for the mass failure recorded in this year’s UTME. In the results released…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday officially responded to public complaints about its recently released 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. The Board described as the complaints as “unusual complaints” while adding that it came from few states of the Federation. While JAMB said it acknowledges the complaints, it is currently fast forwarding…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has elected a consultant psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, Professor Chris Piwuna, as its new president. Piwuna, also the Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Jos, takes over from Victor Osodeke, a Professor of Soil Science from the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture,…
The Oyo State Government has reiterated its commitment to ensure there are enough excellent nurses to serve communities with dignity and skill. The state Commissioner for Health and Chairman of Governing Council, Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, stated this during the 27th convocation ceremony of the state College of Nursing and Midwifery, held at the school premises, Eleyele…
By Adebayo Yusuf Two educationists have called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB to create Computer Based Test, CBT centres across the nation as a way to ameliorate the challenges candidates faced while writing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Apostle Segun Malomo and Alhaji Kayode Adeleke made the call while reacting to the…
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB has called on the candidates, who participated in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME to remain patient while it works towards the release of the results. The Board made the call in a post on its verified X handle on Tuesday. JAMB said the result will be…
The Osun Masterminds, TOM, has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to restructure its examination procedures. The Osun civil society organisation also demanded that accreditation and protocol activities commence by 8am instead of 6:30am. The demand by the group is coming after complaints of accidents, disappearance of candidates and inability of some…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has responded to criticisms by a former Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, over the early resumption time for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Obi had, in a post on his social media platform on Sunday, decried reports of candidates, mostly teenagers, being asked to travel to…
The Lagos State Government has disclosed that 26,592 public school students failed the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, raising alarm across the state’s education sector. The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Jamiu Alli-Balogun, stated this during a ministerial press briefing in Alausa, Ikeja, on Thursday. He said, “45.7 per cent of the…
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Abuja and other states of the federation with over two million candidates expected to sit for the entry level examination into tertiary institutions. Actual statistics gathered from JAMB officials indicate that about 2,030,627 candidates are registered to sit…