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…
BALANCING MERIT AND MATURITY IN JAMB’S AGE POLICY IS THE FOCUS OF TODAY’S VIEWPOINT. As prospective candidates gear up for 2025 unified tertiary matriculation examination, the question of eligibility for under 16 hangs in the air. A delta state high court recently ruled that the 16 years minimum admission age policy of the joint admissions…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced the postponement of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registration until Monday, February 3. The registration, initially set to begin on Friday, January 31, was postponed to “allow the Board to implement essential adjustments to its registration templates.” The Board’s Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has revealed that no fewer than 5,658 candidates who scored 300 and above in Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations missed out on admissions into tertiary institutions between 2019 and 2023. According to reports, tertiary institutions are at liberty to determine their respective benchmarks for admission, there is a widely…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of candidates who participated in the supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted between June 21 and 22, 2024. This board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. According to JAMB, 28,835 applicants who were not able to provide biometric…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released an additional 531 results of the recently conducted Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations taking the total number of results released to 1,842,897. This information is contained in a statement by the Public Communication Advisor of the Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, today in Abuja. Benjamin said the Board had…