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  • JAMB delists Brain Point CBT centre from 2022 UTME examination, as 175,000 candidates sat for mock examination

    JAMB delists Brain Point CBT centre from 2022 UTME examination, as 175,000 candidates sat for mock examination

    Brain Point CBT centre in Oko-Oba, Lagos State, was delisted from participating in the 2022 UTME examination for system failure, just as 175,000 candidates sat for its mock examination.

     

    This was disclosed by the Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Saturday.

     

    According to him, Brain Point Computer-Based Centre (CBT) was delisted for allegedly violating the requirement for the conduct of an effective examination.

     

    “I have done sample inspection in Lagos and Ogun. The turn-out was impressive and we are satisfied with the level of performance.

     

    “In the process, a centre, Brain Point CBT centre in Oko-Oba, Lagos State which could not sustain their generator set is automatically delisted.

     

    “I have given an instruction that the candidates in this should be refunded their full money,” he said.

     

    He said the conduct of the examination was impressive and satisfactory.

     

    Oloyede, who said that the CBT centres were allowed to collect up to N1,000 from candidates instead of the earlier N700, added that they needed to give their best in the conduct of the examination.

     

    The JAMB boss called on some tertiary institutions on the need to maintain their facilities, saying of some their facilities were substandard, and hence needed upgrading.

     

    He however expressed satisfaction with the examinations in all the states of the federation, saying he had gotten reports from officials on the field across the country of a well-conducted examination.

     

    “We are happy with the general performance of the examination and we urge all students to make sure that they learn from the lessons of the mock examination which is to test their ability.

     

    “This is because, it does not follow that when you pass the mock examination; then you automatically pass the main examination.

     

    ”The mock examination is just testing so the students should read so that they will have all it takes to pass their examination,” he added.

     

    Oloyede also said that the 175,000 candidates who wrote the mock examination were limited to allowing for only one session which started between 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

     

    He assured that the board and all the CBT centres were ready for the conduct of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) coming up from May 6 to May 16.

     

     

     

  • March 26 deadline for registration of 2022 UTME and Direct Entry ll’ not be extended- JAMB

    March 26 deadline for registration of 2022 UTME and Direct Entry ll’ not be extended- JAMB

    Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has said the March 26 deadline for the registration of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) would not be extended.

     

    Oloyede made the announcement during the monitoring of the registration at Global Distance Learning Computer-Based Centre yesterday in Abuja.

     

    According to him, the deadline would not be extended because the board was working on a “tight schedule”.

     

    Oloyede expressed displeasure at the turnout of candidates at the centre, saying only one candidate turned up for registration, instead of the usual 200 or more candidates per day.

     

    He said: “Today is March 21, 2022. We still have five days to go and you can see how vacant the CBT centres are. So, we are telling you so that nobody, on March 26, will have the guts to tell us to extend. Now, we have registered about 1.5 million to 1.6 million candidates. So, we are good to go.

     

    “You can see how vacant the registration centres are. As big and as efficient as this centre is, you have only one candidate. And look at your time. So, it shows clearly that candidates are not coming out, or we may have exhausted the number of candidates that are eligible for registration.

     

    “We are working on a very tight schedule because of the other examination bodies that have their slots. We cannot encroach into the slots of the National Examination Council (NECO), the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), and the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB).

     

    “We have a very tight schedule. That is why we continue to say yes, we have the capacity to register 100,000 in a day.”

     

    Oloyede said the board was taking the campaign to the public to call attention to the fact that students were not registering.

     

    He also said the cost of buying diesel to run the CBT centres was becoming unbearable.

     

    JAMB Registrar noted that the board had opened discussion with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), saying after due consultation, the problems would be addressed.

     

    Also, JAMB said it had suspended two financial institutions for vending the e-PINs above N4,700 in the ongoing registration for the UTME and DE. But the board did not name the financial institutions involved in the infraction.

     

    Oloyede, at a meeting with financial institutions (vendors) engaged in the vending of the 2022 UTME/DE e-PINs, announced the immediate suspension and blacklisting of the two vendors for allowing their agents to vend the e-PINs above the stipulated price.

     

    He said besides blacklisting the vendors, the board would also retrieve the details of the agents for prosecution.

     

    JAMB stated these in its weekly bulletin released by its Head of Media, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, yesterday in Abuja.

     

    The board said it would also report their illicit act to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, to ensure that extorted candidates get refunded.

  • JUST IN: Buhari reappoints Prof Ishaq Oloyede as JAMB registrar

    JUST IN: Buhari reappoints Prof Ishaq Oloyede as JAMB registrar

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday reappointed Ishaq Oloyede as Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for a second term of five years.

    The President also approved the reappointment of Prof Abubakar Rasheed as Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission(NUC) for another five years and Hamid Bobboyi as Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission(UBEC) for a second term of four years.

    Director, Press and Public Affairs, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong, in a statement on Friday, said the appointments were based on the recommendation of Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.

    Buhari also approved the reappointment of Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe as Registrar/CEO of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) for a second term of four years and Prof. Promise Mebine as the Director/Chief Executive of the National Mathematical Centre for an initial tenure of five years.

    The statement said Oloyede and Rasheed’s appointments take effect from 1st August, 2021 while that of Mebine took effect from 17 and Bobboyi’s from August 21, 2021.

    The statement reads: “President Muhammadu Buhari, has, upon the recommendation of Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, approved the reappointment of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Olanrewaju Oloyede and the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed.

    “The two appointments are for a tenure of five (5) years each, with effect from 1st August, 2021.

    “Also reappointed is Dr. Hamid Bobboyi as Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) for a second and final tenure of four (4) years with effect from 1st August, 2021.

    “It will be recalled that Mr. President had earlier approved the reappointment of Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe as Registrar/CEO of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) for a second term of four (4) years to sustain the efforts at sensitizing Nigerians on the critical role of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and business subjects in the new knowledge economy.

    “To give further impetus to mathematics education, approval was also granted for the appointment of Prof. Promise Mebine as the Director/Chief Executive of the National Mathematical Centre for an initial tenure of five (5) years with effect from 17th August, 2021.”

  • JAMB registrar, 13 other federal education agencies directors’ tenures end tomorrow, Presidency mum on reappointment, replacement

    JAMB registrar, 13 other federal education agencies directors’ tenures end tomorrow, Presidency mum on reappointment, replacement

    The tenure of the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, will end tomorrow (Saturday).

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG gathered that tenures of 13 other agencies and corporations under the Federal Ministry of Education will also lapse on the same day.

    The heads of the agencies will stop reporting for duty as from today (Friday), being the last day of work, after serving for four to five years. The affected officials are eligible for reappointment for a second term as may be deemed fit by President Muhammadu Buhari.

    But there was no official announcement of their reappointment or replacement from the presidency last night.

    Other Education sector’s chief executives whose positions would be vacant include Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC); Dr. Hameed Boboyi, Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Board (UBEC); Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB).

    Others are: Prof. Sunday Ajiboye, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN); Afolabi Aderinto, Computer Registration Council of Nigeria (CRCN); Prof. Garba Dahuwa Azare, National Teachers Institute (NTI); and Prof. Michael Afolabi, Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN).

    Also affected are: Prof. Steven Ejugwu Onah, National Mathematical Centre, Shedda; Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche, National Institute of Nigerian Languages; Prof. Lillian Salami, Nigerian Institute for Educational Planning and administration; Prof. Lanre Aina, National Library of Nigeria; Prof. Abba Haladu, National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education and Prof. Bashir Usman, Nomadic Education Commission.

    The chief executives were appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on August 1, 20216. They were sworn in by Education Minister Adamu Adamu on August 2, 2016 at the auditorium of the National Universities Commission (NUC).

  • Era of malpractices in UTME over – JAMB Registrar

    Era of malpractices in UTME over – JAMB Registrar

    The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, says the era of malpractices in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is over.
    Oloyede said this in his address at the foundation laying ceremony of the board’s International Talent Resort Centre on Wednesday in Gbongan town, Ayedaade Local Government Area of the state.
    He said that no amount of blackmail would deter the board from its avowed
    mission of ridding the education system of malpractices and examination syndicates in the country.
    Oloyede noted that in the past five years, JAMB had strengthened its processes such that opportunities to commit examination malpractices had been substantially blocked.
    According to him, the recent “exaggerated uproar” on the poor performance of candidates who sat for 2021 UTME is “misplaced”.
    The JAMB registrar said that many of the candidates who sat for the examination failed because of a fake digital past UTME questions and answers in circulation by ” a cartel” before the examination.
    “Many may not have noticed that shortly before the commencement of 2021 UTME, a cartel published a fake digital past UTME Question Papers and was circulating fake questions and answers claiming to be genuinely from JAMB.
    “Many parents who fell for the scam must have now realised how wrong they and their not so innocent children were.
    “This explains why many students had to collapse in the examination hall when reality stared them in the face.
    “This is a lesson for people to realize that the days of examination malpractice in JAMB conducted examinations is over and over forever”.
    Oloyede also said that government and security agencies needed to pay attention to ” miracle centres”, which he said was wreaking havoc on public examinations.
    “A recent experiment by Bayero University, Kano, shows that as high as nine per cent of the A/level results being churned out (courtesy of these tutorial centres) are fake.
    “Tertiary institutions also need to pay particular attention to the fact that these
    examination fraudsters parading themselves as tutorial masters are infiltrating vastly and deeply into the institutions’ Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) and Joint Universities Preliminary Examination Board( JUPEB) units, wreaking untold havoc on the education system”.
    He, however, said that with the standard of Computer Based Test(CBT) centres, the activities of the miracle centres had been eliminated in respect of UTME.
    “The states and security agencies, therefore, need to pay sufficient attention to the fast expanding illicit education gangsters,” he said.
    Oloyede also said that the directive by Federal Government on the use of NIN for UTME had improved the capacity of the board to eliminate impersonation during UTME.
    Oloyede, however, said that it was quite disturbing that even some parents /guardians as well as some school proprietors/administrators were also deeply involved in examination fraud.
    On the resort centre, Oloyede said it was programmed to be an integrated ultra-modern educational facility to serve all researchers, particularly those engaged in various academic services of the Board.
    He said the first phase of the project, which would gulp N280 million, would comprise of an office and 550 seater CBT centres, adding that the project is in four phases.
    “On completion, the resort shall provide a world class research facility in a
    serene environment.
    ” The centre is conceived to be a centre where scholars, particularly those engaged by the Board for various academic purposes, will converge,” he said .
    In his remarks, Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, said the siting of the Centre in Osun, no doubt underscored the existing robust collaboration and partnership between the Board and the state.
    Oyetola, who was represented by Secretary to State Government, Mr Wole Oyebamiji, commended the board and the Federal Government for siting the centre in the state.
    Also speaking, Oba Adetoyese Oyeniyi, the Olufi of Gbongan, thanked the board for finding the town worthy to host the resort centre.
    Mr Wale Babalakin (SAN), who is an indigene of the town, commended the Federal Government and the board for citing the centre in the state.