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  • Father writing UTME for his son arrested – JAMB Registrar

    Father writing UTME for his son arrested – JAMB Registrar

    Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede has disclosed that a father writing the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for his son has been arrested.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Oloyede disclosed this on Wednesday in Kaduna, while inspecting Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in the State amidst the ongoing JAMB examinations.

    The JAMB Registrar, who did not reveal any further details about the arrested father, frowned at examination cheaters, saying “It does not pay”.

    Oloyede disclosed that no fewer than 1.94 million candidates are projected to sit for the 2024 UTME in the country.

    He added that at the end of the examination today, there would be less than 100,000 candidates remaining in Lagos, Benue and other states in the country.

    Oloyede explained that the pace at which JAMB cleared candidates and captured biometrics made the exercise faster.

    He noted this was part of JAMB’s re-engineering process towards ensuring hitch-free exercise.

    “Even today, I have seen something which we need to improve on, but most importantly, we have done so many things in the background to make the exercise faster, more efficient and better. We have increased the level of automation,” he said.

    He said that most of the problems JAMB faced were impersonation.

    He specifically said most of the cases were candidates who have double National Identification Number (NIN), adding that JAMB would take up the issue with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).

    “The important thing is that we are ahead of the impersonators, we have arrested a father writing examinations for his son, the kind of parenting in this generation is uncalled for, I wonder what the father will tell the son if they are locked up in the same cell.

    “We now have the facilities to check all sorts of impersonation and other malpractices,” he said.

    The registrar, however, thanked parents for their support, recalling that in previous years; they were seen loitering around examination centres disturbing.

    “There is no report this year of parents intruding, except one state. In that state, they felt since the first session failed, their children should not continue with the second or other sessions.

    “Out of the country’s 775 centres, those who failed were not up to 20, and only one failed. Less than 30 of the centres failed at the first session because of ill preparation.

    “When such things happen, the candidates should stay aside for the next session to move because questions are designed individually for a candidate,” he said.

  • 2024 UTME: No candidate below 18 should be offered admission into university – Minister

    2024 UTME: No candidate below 18 should be offered admission into university – Minister

    The Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman has released a directive that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates less than 18 years.

    Prof Mamman gave the directive on Monday during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory.

    He decried the activities of some parent, who were pressuring their underage students to get admissions into tertiary institutions.

    The Minister said that the 18-year benchmark is in line with the 6-3-3-4 system of education.

    “The minimum age of entry into the University is 18, but we have seen students who are 15, 16 years going in for the entrance examination.

    “Parents should be encouraged not to push their wards too much. Mostly, it is the pressure of parents that is causing this.

    “We are going to look at this development because the candidates are too young to understand what the whole university education is all about.

    “This is the period when children migrate from controlled to uncontrolled environments; when they are in charge of their own affairs.

    “But, if they are too young, they won’t be able to manage properly. I think that is part of what we are seeing in the universities today,” he said.

    On skill acquisition for those who will not be able to gain admissions into tertiary institutions, Mamman said the ministry is taking skills to pupils from primary school.

    “In overall, it is 20 per cent that can be admitted into the University, Polytechnic and Colleges of Education system.

    “So, where will the 80 per cent go to? That is why the issue of skills acquisition is very important.

    “Any student who is unable to proceed to tertiary institutions should be able to have a meaningful life after primary and secondary school’s education and the only solution to this is skill acquisition,” he said.

    Corroborating the minister’s position on the benchmark of 18 years for admission to tertiary institution, the JAMB spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin said 18 years is in line with the 6-3-3-4 education system.

    The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu who was in the monitoring team applauded the conduct of the 2024 UTME, particularly, the introduction of online examinations as a way of checking malpractices.

    He said the Computer Based Test (CBT) had reduced examination malpractices to the barest minimum.

    Sununu commended the Board for setting a simple but high standard for the examination.

  • JAMB sanctions officials for asking candidate to remove hijab

    JAMB sanctions officials for asking candidate to remove hijab

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sanctioned some of its accredited officials for demanding that a hijab-wearing candidate at Saturday’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination must remove her headgear.

    The officials, at one of the examination centres in Lagos, had insisted that removal of the hijab by the candidate was a prerequisite for her to have access into the examination hall.

    “The Board deeply regrets the incident and, on investigation, discovered, that this particular incident, or others in the past, is not linked to any of its examination guidelines.

    “It was rather a product of the misplaced priority of some of the accredited partners or officials who claimed ignorance of the Board’s guidelines on accreditation.

    “The guidelines ensure that all candidates are screened, allowing only female officials to screen female candidates before allowing them to gain entrance into the hall.

    “The situation was instantly addressed by a senior official of the Board at the centre and the candidate in question was allowed in after the usual checks with her hijab.

    “Since ignorance of the law is not an excuse, the officials have been sanctioned to serve as deterrent to others,’’ the board’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated in Abuja on Sunday.

    He noted that the culpable officials acted in ignorance as JAMB had no policy barring candidates from wearing the religious paraphernalia peculiar to their faith.

    Benjamin stated also that about 1.2 million candidates would have successfully taken the examination by Monday, April 22.

  • JAMB: Mixed reactions trail first day of 2024 UTME

    JAMB: Mixed reactions trail first day of 2024 UTME

    Hitches were reported at some centres in Lagos State on Friday as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) began across the country.

    No fewer than 1.9 million candidates registered for the computer-based examination nationwide.

    Correspondents who monitored the first day of the examination in Lagos report that technical hitches occurred at the Wisdom House, Yaya Abatan,  Ogba, one of the Computer-Based Test centres, early in the day.

    Some candidates claimed that the hitches  led to some of them being logged out before the expected time.

    One of the affected candidates, who gave her name as Precious, said she was scheduled for the first session.

    She said that she got to the centre at 6:30 am, did her biometrics and went in for the examination.

    According to her, a few minutes after commencement of the examination, there was power outage that led to the shut down of all the systems in the hall.

    She said that it took about 45 minutes for the centre operators to rectify the challenge and even when they did, many of them could no longer log in.

    “A lot of  time was again spent by the centre owners battling to get the challenge resolved and eventually when they did, most of us could barely do only two subjects, while others could not attempt any before we were finally logged out, signaling the end of examination for the first session,” she said.

    Confirming the issue, supervisor of the centre, Mrs Aisha Abdulbaqi, said no fewer than 50 candidates were affected by the development.

    She cited land cable of the centre and the systems as the main issues.

    “We are thinking of what to do about these candidates who are affected. I guess the only way out will be rescheduling them,” she said.

    The centre administrator, who did not want his name in print, said the entire development came up abruptly.

    He said that before now, the systems and all other backups had been in top shape.

    “It was just a technical glitch, and when it occurred, we immediately rallied round to fix it and everything started working again”, he said.

    The second session for the day that was supposed to begin by 9.00 a.m was postponed to 4.00p.m. in the same centre, because of another technical hitch.

    “The  examination for the second set has now been also postponed, because the  technical officers from JAMB have been battling to push the examination to no avail.

    “This is no longer a fault from the centre, rather a hitch from the side of owners of the examination.

    “The candidates for the second and final session will have to wait and get another biometric verification done before the time,” the centre administrator told NAN.

    At the Al-Miyzan CBT centre, Ikotun-Idimu, the same issue was also recorded, as candidates scheduled for the 7.00 a.m. examination were affected by technical hitches on the system.

    The centre  administrator told NAN that a complaint had been lodged at  JAMB, to see how the issue could be resolved.

    They noted that candidates  affected would be sent emails  of when they they might likely be rescheduled for the examination.

    Mrs Ajike Ajibola, a business woman,  whose daughter was posted to the centre, said that they left their home early so they could meet up with the 7.00 a.m examination.

    “But my daughter told me she could not do any examination on entering the hall, because the system was not coming up.

    “This is the  second time of bringing my children to this center, it is always this same issue.

    “JAMB  officials must be aware of this situation and address it immediately, because my daughter must write her examination,”she said.

    “Another parent, Mr Adeniyi Adesonkan, who said his son was affected, described the development as disappointing.

    He said that the failure of technology during such critical events in the country was worrisome.

    “My son had prepared rigorously for this examination but with this situation, he won’t be happy.

    “JAMB officials should always monitor and supervise these centres before accrediting them,” he said.

    Meanwhile, the examination began as scheduled in other centres visited, with record of few candidates coming in behind time and some others absent.

    At the WAEC Test and Training Centre (WTTC) Ogba,  the exercise went smoothly,  with no incidents recorded for both the first and second sessions.

    Prof. Ibrahim Imam, a supervisor for Centre 1 at the venue, told a  NAN correspondent that the exercise was hitch free.

    “I want to say that so far, it has been a cosy ride. There has not been any hitch, impersonation or examination malpractice,  in any form.

    “However, about four candidates did not show up for the examination at the centre.

    “We started by 6.30 a.m. with the biometric verification and other necessary checks and so far it has been excellent.

    “Even though it is Day 1 of this examination, we can comfortably say, this centre will be hitch free all through the exercise, because of the facilities and the  environment.

    “The candidates too have been of good behaviour, just like members of staff of the centre, who have been at their best,  to ensure an excellent outing,” he said.

    Dr Kolawole Mauruf, another supervisor at Centre 2 of the same WTTC, said that a total of 12 candidates did not show up in his own centre.

    He said that 238 sat for the examination for the first session but could not say the number that were present for the second and final session for the day.

    Some candidates that wrote the examination, however, complained of misplacement of options for some questions in the ‘Use of English’ paper.

    Also, Mr Yomi Otubela, Proprietor, Lagooz School and CBT center, Agege, said that the two batches that sat for the examination at the centre recorded no hitches.

    Otubela said though the examinations were just starting, the centre was fully prepared for the task.

    “Any centre having issues this year must be from their end, because JAMB has provided necessary things for a seamless examination.

    “From tomorrow, we will be expecting more candidates, because three batches are writing tomorrow,” he said.

    UTME exercise in Ekiti hitch free – JAMB Coordinator

    Meanwhile, JAMB has described the commencement of the 2024 UTME exercise in Ekiti State as hitch free.

    The Coordinator of JAMB in Ekiti, Mr Hassan Lawal, said this after monitoring the exercise at different centres  in Ado-Ekiti on Friday.

    Lawal said that the board was not unaware of past noticeable challenges, especially in the area of system functionality and had put in place necessary measures to ensure that the exercise runs seamlessly.

    He maintained that technological advancement adopted by the board had made the examination much easier for candidates.

    The coordinator revealed that though there was initial technical hitch when the first batch of candidates were writing the examination, but this was promptly corrected.

    He said some parents who had thronged the examination centres earlier were prevented by security from getting close to the centres and the candidates as instructed by the board’s Registrar.

    According to him, there was no issues of examination malpractices in the 13 centres monitored , while the server and computer system were operational for the candidates to write their examination.

    Meanwhile, some of the candidates interviewed by NAN correspondent commended JAMB for ensuring a hitch free exercise and described the examination as an improvement on previuous exercises.

    Miss Tolulope Ajayi, a candidate, said though the first batch candidates were faced with little technical challenges, saying the challenge was promptly rectified by the board’s engineers.

    “The server and computer were in good condition as there was no difficulty for me navigating through the questions and choosing my answers,” she said.

    Another candidate, David Ajiboye, urged the board to ensure the sustenance of the improvement recorded in the conduct of the UTME examination, saying that he had a seamless experience writing his examination.

    “I can only urge the board to ensure the sustenance of this seamless exercise, especially as regard the issue of server and computer operations which was very seamless,” he said.

    Cross Section of parents who spoke to NAN correspondent commended JAMB for putting in place adequate arrangements and necessary measures to ensure that the smooth conduct of the examination.

    The examination taking place in over 700 centres nationwide, will  be concluded on April 29.

  • JAMB sends strong warning to candidates as 2024 UTME begins today

    JAMB sends strong warning to candidates as 2024 UTME begins today

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised candidates writing the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) to desist from giving their details to fraudsters.

    The Board Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, gave this counsel when fielding questions from newsmen during a monitoring exercise at the JAMB Professional Centre in Bwari on Friday.

    “Today’s examination is very important to us because we have done so much engineering that we have been trying to do in the last seven years and we are only successful about it today for the first time.

    “Those who are fraudsters, who are doing all sorts of things, they know they are in trouble because for the first time we are able to do certain things that we have been aspiring to do.

    “We have found out that some of the candidates are giving their details to fraudsters and fortunately, we thank the security agencies as they have been marvellously good to us.

    “Almost all the persons that have been doing this (fraudulent activities) are already in their nets.  I won’t want to mention the numbers but I’m very happy to tell you that they are in the nets.

    “We thank the Inspector-General of Police, director-general of the State Secret Service (SSS), director-general of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corp, and the Nigerian Police Force National CyberCrime Centre (NPF-NCC),” he said.

    Oloyede, who commended the public, especially parents for their smooth conduct, said parents usually constitute problems for students in previous
    exercises.

    “Everything appears to be going well. We want to thank the public for heeding our advice because it appears everybody is doing what they are expected to do.

    “Things will move smoothly if parents can keep away. They are the ones constituting problems for the students but you can see everything is going on well,” he said.

    The registrar appealed to the candidates who experienced glitches in the course of their examinations to remain calm as they would be rescheduled to write their examinations.

    He explained that so far the exams had been going on smoothly as only one centre had been reported to have had one problem or the other.

    “We appeal to the public to understand this, some centres will fail. I have heard of only one centre who has failed today.

    “By the end of today, I expect about 10 per cent of the centres to have one problem or the other because we know the level of development in different parts of the country.

    “We are not encouraging this but when it happens, please do not disrupt others.

    “It is important to note that when a session fails because of a problem, you cannot bring those candidates to do session two, they will have to step aside and the headquarters will have to be contacted.

    “The earliest time they can be scheduled will be after 4:30 p.m. so that those slated for section two and three can write and these candidates can now write for session four and in some cases, they can even be scheduled for the following day,” he said.

    Oloyede called on owners of CBT centres to ensure that they keep their place secure by ensuring that non-candidates and parents keep their distance from the CBT centres.

    He advised candidates to be upright in their dealings, while saying that most tutorial centres were only centres of corruption and malpractices, advising students to stop patronising them.

    Also, Fatimah Abba, Supervisor-in-charge of JAMB Professional Centre, Kogo in Bwari, said there had not been any technical issues as the exercise had been going on smoothly.

    Some of the candidates slated for the 8 a.m. exams expressed confidence in the conduct of the exams, calling on the board to sustain the tempo.

    Yusrah Umar, a first time candidate, commended the exams’ conduct, while calling on the Board to increase the timing allocated to each subject to allow for better performance.

    Another candidate, Victor Ezekiel, said there were no technical glitches as the systems worked effectively all through the exams.

    Over 500,000 candidates will be expected to have written the exams by the end of the first day.

    About 1.9 million candidates are expected to write the UTME scheduled to commence on April 19 and end on April 29.

  • JAMB orders arrest of parents found near CBT centres during UTME

    JAMB orders arrest of parents found near CBT centres during UTME

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners to arrest any parent found near any of their facilities during the 2024 UTME exercise.

    This is contained in Abuja on Thursday by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin.

    The board said directive became necessary following the intrusive disposition of some parents during the Board’s previous exercises.

    The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede said  that any parent, who disobeyed the order, would not only be arrested but his/her ward would also be disqualified from sitting the examination.

    “The measure is necessary as it had been discovered over time that many of these intruding parents are facilitators of examination infractions while others have, by their actions, disrupted the board’s examinations in the past.

    He added that some miscreants also disguised as parents to infiltrate the centres to perpetrate all forms of infractions.

    Consequently, the registrar, urged  security operatives to work with the centres to apprehend any meddlesome parent, who come near the centres.

    He said that going by the extant national policy on education, a candidate for the examination must have attained the age of 17 years.

    “Therefore, it is evident that these parents had not allowed their wards to pass through the classes as defined in the document, hence, the determination to follow their wards to the examination venue with the aim of compromising examination officials.

    “At any rate, it is clear to any discerning observer that these parents deserve to be sanctioned as they had obviously ‘smuggled’ underage children into the ranks of those scheduled to sit the examination.

    “The Board also availed itself of the opportunity provided by the meeting to advise candidates to jealously guard their personal details, e-mail address, as well as their registration and phone numbers.

    “This advice is issued against the backdrop of some candidates, who might be enticed into patronising any of those fraudulent websites out there,” he said .

    He also informed candidates that if their personal details were found with any of such sites, they would be treated as accomplices and prosecuted.

    Oloyede further said that all arrangements had been concluded for the conduct of the 2024 UTME, which would be held in over 700 CBT centres across the nation.

    He disclosed that the Board expected a seamless exercise as it had made adequate provision to tackle any technical glitch that might occur in the course of the examination.

    He, however, warned that if a session experienced any technical challenge, candidates in subsequent sessions would be allowed to sit their examination as scheduled.

    He added that candidates in the challenged session would be rescheduled for the last session for the day or the following day or even further depending on the centre schedules.

    “Candidates are to take note of this so that they will remain calm in the event of any disruption.

    ” In this wise, any candidate or parent, who disrupt any subsequent session on account of the failure of his/her session, would be disqualified outright from taking the examination,” he added.

    Oloyede appealed to centre owners to consider the assignment as a national engagement and not as a purely profit venture, while urging them to expose the bad eggs among them.

    The registrar recalled that hitherto, CBT centres were allowed to register Direct Entry candidates but this practice was discontinued owing to the predilection of some of them to engage in fraudulent acts

    He said this was in spite of the many opportunities that the Board had created for them especially by ensuring that other agencies patronise them.

    He, therefore, enjoined centre owners to eschew unwholesome acts or risk losing vital opportunities.

    He expressed shock over multiple intelligence showing how the CBT centres have been making efforts to compromise the Board’s staff especially with the offer of accommodation.

    He asked why they would want to do that when they constantly complain that what was paid them was not enough.

    He said the centres should not hesitate to expose any staff, who ask for such favours as the Board had sufficiently paid its staff for the exercise in line with government regulations adding that any centre which persists in doing so, might have something to hide.

    The registrar informed the participants that the board deployed state-of-the-art technologies to check all manners of infractions, collaborations and other unsavoury acts that were at variance with its code of operations.

  • UTME: Police, JAMB warn candidates against patronising fake websitess

    UTME: Police, JAMB warn candidates against patronising fake websitess

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the police have warned candidates preparing for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) against patronising fake websites.

    The two bodies gave the warning at a joint news conference in Abuja on Saturday.

    The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said there were several fake websites created by unscrupulous individuals with the intention of misleading candidates.

    He urged candidates to be wary of their tactics, saying the fake web sites were designed to deceive innocent candidates into providing personal details such as registration numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers.

    “Both JAMB and the Nigeria Police Force condemn these fraudulent activities and hereby reiterate the readiness to safeguard the interests of candidates and maintain the integrity of the examination process.

    “We urge parents, guardians, and all stakeholders to ensure that candidates print their UTME Notification Slips only from the Board’s approved website: www.jamb.gov.ng.

    “Candidates can print their slips from the comfort of their homes or visit any of the over 700 accredited Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide,” he said.

    Adejobi explained that the force was familiar with the tactics employed by fraudsters, especially during the annual assessment and admission exercises.

    He, therefore, said that both organisations was actively sensitising candidates and the public about these deceptive practices.

    “Any candidate who visits these fake sites will definitely have unreliable information and thereby miss out in the forthcoming exams.

    “Candidates are advised to print their UTME Notification Slips before Friday, 19th April, 2024, to access vital information about their examinations.

    “Any website other than www.jamb.gov.ng offering UTME slip printing services is fake and designed to defraud candidates,” he said.

    He also called on candidates to beware of web sites offering ‘live’ questions and answers, as they were false and deceptive, saying that accessing such materials was prohibited.

    He further said the board was partnering with the Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Crime Centre (NPF-NCCC) to address online scam-related issues seamlessly.

    He assured candidates and the public of the force firm dedication to ensuring a fair and transparent examination process.

    He also stressed that the Inspector General of Police had ordered the NPF-NCCC to go after scammers and fraudsters who engage in cyber related crimes and create phishing sites/portals.

    On his part, the JAMB spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, pledged the Board’s commitment to continue in playing its role

    He, therefore, urged candidates to ignore any unsolicited messages noting that they were from elements who aim at defrauding candidates.

    The 2024 UTME is scheduled to commence on Friday, April 19, and end on April 29.

  • 2024 UTME notification slip ready for printing – JAMB

    2024 UTME notification slip ready for printing – JAMB

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates, who registered for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) to print their notification slips for examination.

    The board disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday by its Spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin.

    He said the 2024 UTME notification slip, which showed the date, venue and time of their examination, was ready for printing.

    “All candidates, who have registered for the 2024 UTME scheduled to start on Friday, April 19, are urged to print their notification slips before the date.

    “This is for them to know the date, venue and time of their respective examinations as well as some other vital information.

    “To print the slip, candidates are to visit the JAMB website: www.jamb.gov.ng; click on “2024 UTME Slip Printing”, input their registration number, then click on print.

    “The slip can be printed anywhere provided there is an internet-enabled computer,”  he said.

    He added that to successfully sit the examination, candidates were advised to print on or before Friday, 19th April.

    This he explained was to enable them locate the venue of their centre, to prevent lateness on their scheduled examination date.

    Recall that the 2024 UTME is scheduled to start on Friday, April 19 and end on Monday, April 29.

  • JAMB uncovers 1,665 fake A’Level results

    JAMB uncovers 1,665 fake A’Level results

    The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has uncovered at least 1,665 fake A’level results during the Direct Entry registration process.

    The board’s weekly bulletin made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, said the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede gave the figures when he received officials of the National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students, in his office.

    He explained that the A’level results verification was occasioned by the endemic corruption associated with the system and the need to restore the integrity of the admission process.

    According to him, out of the fake results, 397 were from Colleges of Education, 453 university diplomas and the rest for other A’level certificates.

    Oloyede said the institutions must take measures to safeguard the integrity of their certificates, adding that JAMB would continue to scrutinise the  certificates through measures that would stand the test of time.

    The registrar recalled that in the past, when a candidate applied for Direct Entry, the Board would simply ask awarding institutions to do the necessary screening and due diligence.

    He however said that JAMB was dumbfounded by the startling revelations from Bayero University, Kano, where out of the 148 Direct Entry applications to the institution, only six of the certificates forwarded for processing were genuine.

    The registrar added that it was the discovery of this monumental fraud that prompted the meeting of critical stakeholders, who met to chart ways of combating the menace.

    Part of the measures suggested, he said, was the constitution of an A’level result verification task force as well as the creation of a common platform for the verification of A’level results and certificates.

    He said the platform was reliable and user-friendly as it only took five minutes to verify any certificate.

    Oloyede also disclosed that the board had adopted “No verification, No admission” policy.

    The registrar said 15 institutions had not sufficiently complied with the verification requests from the board, adding that more than 20 unverified candidates were affected.

    He said that the board would have to pre-verify candidates applying with the certificates of the 15 institutions before they could complete their  DE registration process.

    According to him, in the ongoing DE registration, candidates could go ahead and register while the school verify them at the backend.

    He, however, declared that the 15 institutions, which were yet to fully comply, would have to pre-verify holders of their certificates before they complete registration process.

  • JAMB extends 2024 Direct Entry registration

    JAMB extends 2024 Direct Entry registration

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended its 2024 Direct Entry (DE) registration exercise.

    JAMB had earlier fixed March 28 as the deadline for its Direct Entry registration exercise which commenced on February 28.

    But Fabian Benjamin, the board’s spokesperson, said in a statement on Saturday that this has been extended.

    He said the extension will commence on March 28 and registration will end on April 11.

    Benjamin said the extension became imperative to accommodate candidates having difficulties with their registration due to the security measures put in place by the board.

    “This extension became necessary following the challenges faced by candidates in going through some of the security screening measures put in place to arrest the rampant and embarrassing cases of fake A’level certificates being paraded by some DE candidates,” he said.

    “The board apologises for the inconveniences caused to prospective DE candidates and pledges that, going forward, the process will be made more user-friendly.

    “In doing this, the board will not compromise on its avowed determination to ensure that candidates, whose certificates were dubiously acquired, are prevented from benefiting from such certificates.

    “It is also to be noted that candidates whose certificate-issuing institution are among those on the list of institutions that have not verified their certificates despite repeated requests would be allowed to register without doing the needful.”

    Earlier, JAMB said it would allow upgrades from UTME to DE for candidates whose DE results have not been released at the point of UTME registration.