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  • JAMB sets May 26 for rescheduled exams for over 12,000 candidates

    JAMB sets May 26 for rescheduled exams for over 12,000 candidates

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday said that it had set May 26 for a rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations for more than 12,000 candidates across the country.

    The Board’s Head of Media, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.

    According to Benjamin, more than 12,000 candidates are expected to sit for the mop up examinations in a few of its centres across the country.

    This category of candidates, he explained, are those whose biometrics were not captured during the initial period of the UTME in March.

    He said: ““It would also include those who are yet to see their results since the end of the examinations in March till date and have not been involved in any form of malpractice.

    “It will also include those who were unable to print out their e-slip before the earlier examinations and those whose centres were cancelled for suspected malpractices.’’

    According to him, “There are centres that were cancelled because of suspicious activities but the board was unable to identify the actual culprits.

    However, he said that those who were involved and caught in illicit acts and centres where a case of malpractice had been established against them would not partake in the rescheduled examinations.

    He advised candidates who might have fallen into any of the categories to print their e-slips from Monday, May 21.

    NAN recalls the board had earlier promised to reschedule the examinations for some candidates whose cases were exceptional, adding that candidates, who fall under such categories would be contacted before then.

  • JAMB fixes March 9 – 17 for 2018 UTME examination

    JAMB fixes March 9 – 17 for 2018 UTME examination

    …fixes Feb 6 as deadline for registration

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed February 6, as deadline for the sale of registration form for this year’s unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME).

    JAMB Registrar Prof. Is-haq Oloyede spoke at a meeting on strategic planning, supervision and evaluation of the conduct of 2018 unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) in Abuja yesterday.

    He said only 283,319 candidates had registered for the examination.

    The board also fixed March 9 to17 for the conduct of the UTME in 620 computer based test centres across the country.

    The registrar said: “Because of the criticisms that trailed the sale of entry form for a month in the past years, the board has decided to earmark two months so that every willing candidate will be able to purchase, fill and submit the forms.

    “We opened entry from December 6, 2017 to February 6, 2018, but one month later, only less than a quarter of the two million candidates expected for the examination this year have registered.”

    Prof. Oloyede said its mock examination slated for January 22 would now hold in first week of February.

    He blamed the shift of the mock examination on the strike embarked on by members of NASU, noting that the strike made the CBT centres in affected tertiary institutions not available for accreditation.

    The JAMB registrar also banned the use of wristwatches, biros, pencils and other devices from the examination hall.

    He added that the ban affects both candidates and examination officials.

    Oloyede said: “The Board has prohibited additional materials during the 2018 UTME in the examination hall. These include wrist watches, biros, calculator, biros, pencils except the common HB pencil, and any other device that can store data, transmit or receive signal no matter the form. These prohibitions are not only applicable to the candidates but to all examination officials. The reasons for this will be provided shortly.

    “Scanned pictures of candidates are no longer accepted for registration, except live capture at the accredited CBT Centres as part of the Registration Procedure. Furthermore, candidates’ pictures will be embossed on all candidates’ documents generated by JAMB henceforth,” he said.

    The registrar also disclosed that Minister of Education Malam Adamu Adamu has queried 42 institutions for charging candidates more than N2000 for their post-UTME.

    “There is nothing wrong with post-UTME provided that our candidates are not extorted. The honourable minister of education queried about 42 institutions for charging more than N2000. We made recommendation to the minister and the minister said all of them should refund the money. He gave them two weeks and all of them are making refund now.

    “He has put his feet down that all excess charges should be refunded and people can testify to the fact. Where they have the list they are paying them directly and in this case where Vice Chancellors proved clearly that those candidates could not be traced the minister has given appropriate directive.

    “Candidates are reporting back to us. In one case where they could not, the minister directed that they should pay the money to a non religious orphanage, orphanage owned by the state or anything because those people couldn’t be traced,” the registrar said.

    According to him, the figures being paraded as qualified candidates to write its examination was not true.

  • JAMB to conduct mock examination in January

    JAMB to conduct mock examination 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 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.

    “As we prepare for the 2018 examinations, beginning with the optional mock, we urge candidates to register on time, make clear their choices of institutions, disciplines and examination centres in the process.

    “Candidates must note that their first choice can be a College of Education, a university, an Innovation Enterprise Institution, a polytechnic or a monotechnic.

    “Others include, the Nigerian Defence Academy or the Police Academy.

    “We will conduct a better examination, ensure more transparent admission and make more remittances to the government,” stated the statement.

    The board, which described 2017 as year of transformation to success with the support of stakeholders, added that 2017 was its most eventful year so far.

    “In 2017, the board conducted one of the most transparent, inclusive and acceptable examinations with the least incidence of malpractices.

    “We invested significantly in the development of intellectual structures, examination infrastructure and human human resources.

    “This will propel more development in 2018 and put the board in the position to compete favourably with any public institution; globally, be it an examination body or service agency.

    The board also noted that while it had opened its “entire functionality to public participation and scrutiny”, it had been able to adopt some of the suggestions made by the public, which it said, had helped “to build the new JAMB”.

    It promised to sustain and make better the entire process in 2018, noting that the success of its Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) portal helped to achieve success.

    “Candidates were exposed to the new admission software to check admission excesses and our aim is to ensure that no candidate is unjustly treated.

    “The only way to achieve this was to open the process up for everybody to see who is admitted, with what aggregate score, and who is not and why is he or she was not admitted.

    “Also, candidates were able to use the CAPS window to monitor admissions into institutions of choice to ensure that they are not cheated”.

    The board added that it would continue to take up its statutory responsibility in order to meet the mandate of the government, which was to bring new ways of generating revenue while also improving service to the public.

    “We will continue to do everything possible to support the drive of this administration towards excellence”.

     

  • Police announce date for recruitment examination

    The Nigeria Police Force has announced the commencement of its 5th regular course examination into the Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil.

    In a statement issued by the FCT Police Command spokesperson, Usen Omorodion, on Wednesday, the police said the selection into the academy for applicants in Abuja is scheduled to hold on July 8.

    According to police, the venue for the 2017 selection exercise in Abuja is Powa International School, Area 11, opposite Force Headquarters, Abuja.

    The examination will commence by 7 a.m.

    “All candidates for the exercise should note that lateness will not be tolerated. Candidates should not bring their phones to the examination centre,” Omorodion said.

     

  • UI makes U-turn, recalls students, fixes examinations for July 4

    UI makes U-turn, recalls students, fixes examinations for July 4

    Authorities of the University of Ibadan, UI, on Friday announced July 2 for the re-opening of the institution for normal academic activities.

    According to the Director of Public Communications, Mr Olatunji Oladejo, the‎ first semester examinations for the 2016/2017 academic session will start on July 4.

    ‎The Senate of the University of Ibadan, has decided to recall its undergraduate students, who were asked to vacate the institution ‎on May 29 to resume academic activities, he said in a statement.‎
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    He said the Senate’s decision taken on Friday followed the consideration of the interim report of an Ad-hoc Committee on the students’ crisis.‎
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    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the students had May 29 staged a protest following a ban on the use of hotplates and other electrical appliances in the halls of residence in the institution.

    “The‎ students are expected to arrive on the campus as from Sunday, July 2, 2017.‎
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    “By this decision, the 2016/2017 first semester examinations will commence on Tuesday, July 4 in the various faculties of the university.

    “All students will be allowed into the examination halls on presentation of their course registration forms on which their passport photographs are affixed.
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    “Senate notes that the conduct of examination is dictated by senate and not the students’ union executive council as all activities of the university are guided and regulated by the University of Ibadan Act.
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    “‎An implementation machinery may soon be set up to engage students on the modalities‎ for the use of hotplates and other unauthorized electrical appliances,” the spokesman said.

     

     

     

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  • More than 10,000 candidates caught cheating in Anambra – JAMB

    More than 10,000 candidates caught cheating in Anambra – JAMB

    The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) says more than 10,000 candidates caught for examination malpractices in the ongoing UTME in Anambra have been handed over to appropriate authority.

    Lynda Nwachukwu, the Coordinator of the board in Anambra, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Saturday.

    NAN reports that the all computer-based testing (CBT) mode 2017 UTME, which started on May 13 in 642 centres nationwide, ended on May 20.

    Ms. Nwachukwu said the examination, which took place in 28 centres in the state, was successful.

    “There was no disruption of the exercise in any of the examination centres,’’ she said.

    The coordinator said the candidates adhered strictly to the requirements of the examination, adding that JAMB provided all the materials required for the examination.

    NAN correspondent, who monitored the last batch of the examination, reports that some parents complained of system failure in some CBT centres in the state.

    Eucharia Okonkwo, a parent, said her daughter, who wrote the examination at the St Mary’s High School Ifite-Dunu centre, could not complete the examination due to the faulty computer and network failure at the centre.

    According to her daughter, many candidates could not complete the questions in record time because of the faulty system.

    Ms. Okonkwo advised JAMB to plan well for examination in subsequent years to avoid the technical hitches that could give the candidates psychological trauma.

    Mose Mojekeh, Head, Department of Marketing at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, told NAN on telephone that such system failure in UTME was not acceptable.

    According to him, the hiccups could potentially deny young people from Anambra State university admission.

    Mr. Mojekeh advised JAMB to urgently collate the number of candidates affected and set another examination for them.

    He also decried the practice whereby JAMB sends officials from one state to supervise examinations in another state.
    “Experience has shown that such officials do not care much about the candidates when problems arise, as they leave them to their fate,’’ the lecturer said.

    He called on the management of schools, whose candidates experienced the computer failure, to take their complaints to the State Ministry of Education to present their cases.
    JAMB concluded the 2017 CBT UTME on May 20.

    (NAN)

  • JAMB registers over 1. 5 million candidates

    The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) said it had so far registered 1.5 million candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) across the country.

    The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this in an interview with the newsmen on Saturday at side line of activities marking the pre-JAMB mock examinations.

    It will be recalled that the JAMB mock examinations earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday May 8 had been postponed to ensure smooth conduct of the exam.

    Oloyede said: “So far, it has even been better than our expectation, it was a mock, the intention was to test the technology and it proved to be perfect.

    “I think from what we are seeing, we are more than ready for the main examination.

    “At least 90 per cent of the examination centres have reported positively, there have been proper downloading and preparation; even after the exam we had uploaded responses of 80 per cent.

    “We have done it to show that what works elsewhere across the world should work in Nigeria; we believe we can do it efficiently; we will continue to do our best.

    “We have registered over 1.5million candidates in less than five weeks; we believe that the reality we have put in place is good enough.’’

    Oloyede said that 633 centres were used to conduct the mock examination for 153, 000 candidates across the country.

    In separate interviews, some of examination centre coordinators and candidates lauded JAMB for the mock initiative geared towards equipping the candidates to do better in the main exam.

    Mr Abdul-Aziz Olasoyinka, Technical Research Officer of Digital Bridge Institute, commended JAMB for the mock examination.

    He said it was apt in terms of preparation for future exams.

    Olasoyinka said: “Mock is a good experience because it will help the candidates to adequately prepare for the forthcoming examination.

    “It helps to evaluate how well the candidates have prepared and to improve themselves ahead of time.”

    Mr Olajide Adisa, Director of Outstations at JAMB, said although there were 230 capacities at the Computer Based Test (CBT) centre, plans were on to upgrade to 250 them before the main exam.

    “Even with that our specification is that at least we should have 10 per cent of same capacity as back-up in case of any breakdown.

    “We have already put measures in place to test them in the course of the mock examination, they will be ready before the main examination,” Adisa said.

    A candidate, Miss Hadiza Abdullahi, told NAN that the mock examination had improved her level of confidence ahead of the main exam.

    She described the examination as encouraging, adding that she expects to sit for the main examination well-equipped.

    Abdullahi, however appealed to the board to put measures in place to enable candidates wanting to register for future exam to do so with ease.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the mock examination held in three sessions, including the JAMB headquarter and CBT centre in Kogo community.