Jamb Hires IT Experts to Probe Alleged UTME Glitches

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…

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JAMB Addresses ‘Unusual Complaints’ over 2025 UTME Results

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…

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ASUU Elects Piwuna as New President

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,…

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Create more CBT centres for seamless examination – Educationists Urge JAMB

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…

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Osun Group Knocks JAMB over UTME Scheduling, wants Delayed Accreditation

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…

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Over 26,000 Lagos students failed 2024 WASSCE – Commissioner

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…

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JAMB Kicks-Off 2025 UTME Nationwide as 2,030,627 Candidates Participate

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…

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