2017 utme

Former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, has faulted the decision of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to reduce the cut off mark for admission into Nigerian universities to 120 and says it was like running a race from top to bottom. According to her, the exam body...

JAMB statistics 2017 showed a new record this year. According to the spokesman, more than 1.7 million candidates have taken part in JAMB this year. What courses did they choose? Below are the top 15 courses selected by students at JAMB 2017 registration. 15. Sociology 14. Electrical...

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, will hold a policy committee meeting on August 21 and 22 to determine cut off points for admission into various courses in Nigerian tertiary institutions for 2017. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Sunday said he had given the Board...

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced change of courses and institutions for 2017/2018 admission procedures. The examination board’s Head of Public Relations, Fabian Benjamin, who made this known in an interview with newsmen in Bwari, FCT, on Wednesday, said that...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has released the results of the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation (UTME) supplementary examination, that held on July 1. An official of the examination body, confirmed this to Premium Times. At least 85,000 candidates were given the...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that no fewer than 85,000 candidates, will write the supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which has been fixed for July 1. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Fabian Benjamin, in a statement issued...

The University of Ilorin had the highest number of admission applications for any university in Nigeria between 2012 and 2016, admission statistics from the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board show. The figures obtained by reveal the 10 most sought-after universities in Nigeria in 2012...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), is planning to conduct supplementary examination for candidates who had hitches in their registration and examination processes. This was confirmed by JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, on Wednesday while addressing newsmen. “Anybody whose...

The 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, has come and gone, but not with avoidable mistakes as widely argued. Below are 7 of them: 1. Registration hassle: The flaws of 2017 UTME started from the tedious registration procedure. In April when the process it’s at its...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied that marks are being deducted from candidates of this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a statement released in Abuja on Friday by JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, the body said the rumour was...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has urged prospective candidates for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to crosscheck the data on their registration forms for the last time on May 6. The board’s Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Saturday in Lagos...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Abuja on Friday announced the suspension of registration for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for 52 hours. The decision was aimed at preventing any disruption during the conduct of the UTME mock examinations scheduled for...

The House of Representatives, yesterday, demanded an extension of the one month duration for ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, registration. The demand for the extension was part of the resolution contained in the motion sponsored by Danburam Abubakar Nuhu (APC...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has stated that students who had already gained admission into any tertiary institution will not be eligible to write the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to JAMB's Head of Information and Public Relations...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says that eligible candidates for its 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can now purchase the pin for registration using the Remita mode. The board said on Sunday the development came on the heels of the reported...

The JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede has announced that candidates of the 2017 UTME can now select the Federal University as 2nd Choice Degree Awarding Institution. According to the Joint Admission Matriculation Board Through their official twitter handle candidates can now choose from the...

Prospective candidates for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination, on Thursday protested in Makurdi, Benue State over their inability to register. They blocked some major roads in the city, as they marched to JAMB’s office located along Inner Ring Road. The candidates...

The Kano state Government has approved more than N37 million for the purchase and distribution of JAMB forms to 5,000 prospective candidates in the State.‎ The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the weekly state’s...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), through its registrar Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has said that prospective blind candidates for UTME will write this year’s examination by interactive mode. Oloyede said this while addressing some blind candidates from the Bethesda Home for the...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it has not started the sale of its 2017 admission application documents, warning prospective candidates against falling victims of con-men. The JAMB’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Monday said that the board would...