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  • 2024 UTME: JAMB debunks increase in registration fee

    2024 UTME: JAMB debunks increase in registration fee

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has debunked rumour that it is increasing the 2024 registration fee.

    The Board’s Public Communication Advisor (PCA), Dr Fabian Benjamin said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday.

    According to Benjamin, the information is far from the truth as the cost of obtaining the Board’s UTME application documents remains N3,500.

    “The Board wishes to assure the general public that the Board had been doing all within its powers to ensure that candidates are not overburdened in anyway,” he said.

    Benjamin added that one of the measures the Board considered was to deliberately keep cost low hence its decision to make available its Use of English reading text free of charge through a QR code.

    He said this is to ensure that the increase in cost of production is not passed to candidates.

    “Therefore, all UTME candidates would access the reading  text free of charge through multiple channels, which include their profiles, e-mail address, notification slip and  the Board’s website.

    “It is, however, pertinent to state the fact that what is being perceived in some quarters as increment in its fees is nothing other than the fallout of its cashless policy through which all fees payable by candidates to CBT centres have been consolidated.

    “And are paid along with their application fees to prevent their wanton exploitation by unscrupulous centre owners,” Benjamin said.

    He said the fees are in turn remitted to partnering centres on a weekly basis.

    “For instance, candidates are expected to pay N700 for registration, N1500 as examination fees and N1500 for the optional Mock-UTME at privately – owned centres,” Benjamin added.

    He said that the Board had been resisting the call by its partnering and privately-owned centres for a drastic increase in the cost of the services they render to the candidates as a consequence of the current economic situation.

    Benjamin, however, said the Board had always maintained that its services were not for profit.

    “For the avoidance of doubt, the 2024 UTME/DE  e-PIN remains N3500.

    “The registration fee of N700, which is to be paid to CBT centres by candidates, is now to be collected by the Board along with N1500, which is the cost for sitting the main UTME, and N1500 as the cost of the optional Mock-UTME etc are to be collected by the Board on behalf of the CBT centres,” he said.

  • JAMB increases 2024 UTME registration fees

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has increased the registration fees for the Unified  Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for 2024.

    This was made known via a an official statement shared by JAMB, the updated registration fees are outlined as follows: Seven Thousand, Seven Hundred Naira Only,(N7,700 )for UTME registration inclusive of a mock examination, and Six Thousand Two Hundred Naira Only (N6,200) for UTME registration without the mock examination.

    Before the recent adjustment, the cost of the JAMB form without a mock exam stood at Five Thousand Seven Hundred Naira (N5,700) and the application form inclusive of a mock exam was priced at Six Thousand Seven Hundred Naira (N6,700).

    The board also said the application documents for foreign candidates will now be available at $30.

    JAMB is expected to give a comprehensive breakdown of these fees when it unveils the registration details on or before January 15, 2024.

    In addition to UTME registration adjustments, JAMB has released information on the registration period for the sale of Direct Entry (DE) application documents in 2024.

    The sale of Direct Entry application documents is scheduled to kick off on February 28, 2024, and will conclude on March 28, 2024.

    Moreover, JAMB has confirmed that the ongoing process of creating profile codes for registration is currently in progress. Detailed guidelines on how to generate profile codes will be disseminated at a later date, leading up to the initiation of registration on January 15, 2024.

  • Why Brain drain, emigration contributing to Nigeria’s underdevelopment – JAMB Boss

    Why Brain drain, emigration contributing to Nigeria’s underdevelopment – JAMB Boss

    Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday said that the emigration of Nigerians to developed countries contributed to the underdevelopment of the country.

    Oloyede made the ascertion at the 17th Convocation lecture of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, titled -‘Mainstreaming Uncertainty: Getting Ready for the University of Life’.

    He said that the movement of skilled and unskilled labour to advanced countries was denying the country the tools for the process of positive change and development in Nigeria.

    “There is nothing wrong with one making aspirations and having the ambition to better one’s life, but the economic effects on the nation are indeed unfortunate.

    “The collective output of our economy is falling below that of other countries of the world in the world systems.

    “Some sectors of the economy such as the banking and ICT sectors have suffered so much from the emigration of qualified professionals.

    “We are now confronting a situation in which this phenomenon has increased national economic inefficiencies and underdevelopment,” he said.

    The JAMB Registrar said that Nigerians were moving away from the state of certainty to the world of uncertainty with the impression that the grass is greener outside.

    He identified political uncertainty, economic uncertainty, security threats, social inequalities, ethnic and religious tension, as the dimensions of uncertainty in Nigeria

    “These uncertainties have led to wealth without work and knowledge without character; and they are the cause of social media addiction versus provocative social media practices.

    “I urge the graduating students to face the uncertainty of life with courage, focus and hard work. Seek support and have proper education of what you want in life.

    ‘Mainstreaming uncertainty’ is about putting the non predicability of the contemporary time into consideration while making plans and decisions,

    “In the university of life, you have to be desirous, have a dream, be determined, disciplined and be dedicated to noble causes,” he advised

    Also speaking, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and Chairman of the occasion, commended the management of NAU for the various innovations deployed to improve the institution.

    “The five-year tenure of the Vice-Chancellor of NAU, Prof Charles Esimone, has not only been eventful but full of innovations and I want to urge the next Vice-Chancellor to keep the fire of development burning,” he said.

    Earlier in his address, Esimone, said that the essence of this year’s convocation lecture was to prepare young graduates for the challenges that lie in the outside world.

     

  • JAMB announces key dates for 2024 UTME

    JAMB announces key dates for 2024 UTME

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Jan. 15 to Feb. 26, 2024, for the sale of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) application document.

    This is based on series of recommendations emanating from a two-day Information Technology (IT) and Management Retreat held between Nov. 26 and 28.

    A statement signed by the JAMB Public Communication Advisor (PAC), Dr Fabian Benjamin, announced this in Abuja on Wednesday.

    Benjamin also said that March 7, 2024, had been slated for the 2024 MOCK-UTME, while the main UTME would hold from April 19 to April 29, 2024.

    He therefore advised candidates to print their examination slips as from  April 10, next year.

    “Candidates are enjoined to take note of these dates and other advisories issued by the Board in relation to the administration of the examination.

    “They are also to visit the Board’s website @www.jamb gov. ng for any other information,” the statement read in part.

  • 2024 UTME: JAMB fixes dates for sales, registration, exams

    2024 UTME: JAMB fixes dates for sales, registration, exams

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Jan. 15 to Feb. 26, 2024, for the sale of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) application document.

    This is based on series of recommendations emanating from a two-day Information Technology (IT) and Management Retreat held between Nov. 26 and 28.

    A statement signed by the JAMB Public Communication Advisor (PAC), Dr
    Fabian Benjamin, announced this in Abuja on Wednesday.

    Benjamin also said that March 7, 2024, had been slated for the 2024 MOCK-UTME, while the main UTME would hold from April 19 to April 29, 2024.

    He therefore advised candidates to print their examination slips as from  April 10, next year.

    “Candidates are enjoined to take note of these dates and other advisories issued by the Board in relation to the administration of the examination.

    “They are also to visit the Board’s website @www.jamb gov. ng for any other information,” the statement read in part.

  • Admission Racketeering: JAMB points accusing fingers at UNN

    Admission Racketeering: JAMB points accusing fingers at UNN

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has accused the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) of engaging in  admission racketeering.

    According to JAMB, the decision of the Senate to probe alleged admission racketeering in universities, would vindicate it.

    The upper chamber had, last week, agreed to investigate allegations of admission racketeering in the nations ivory tower, after senator Onyeka Nwebonyi representing  Ebonyi North raised the motion on the floor of the Senate.

    Nwebonyi, who cited admission travails of one Chinyere Ekwe at UNN, alleged that university staff conspired with JAMB officials to carry out unwholesome practices, prompting the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to call for a fair hearing, saying JAMB was known to be a reputable institution.

    In his reaction, the registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, commended the Senate for giving opportunity to the exam body to defend itself over the issue.

    Oloyede clarified that the affected candidate sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), where she scored 291.

    He said the girl, who applied to study Medicine and Surgery at UNN, was in 241 position in the ranking of applicants for the medical programme in the university after all her other academic performances, including post-UTME score, were calculated by the institution.

    “Seeing the reality of the ranking, this lady did not apply to change her course, but the university decided she change her to Medical Laboratory. A proposal was made to her and she accepted the Medical Laboratory in writing, and the institution then recommended her for admission into Medical Laboratory. We knew that she could not have been taken for Medicine because that year the university admitted more than the approved number.”

    While saying that the university admitted above its given departmental quota in Medical Laboratory and was told to reduce the number, Oloyede said it was discovered that many other applicants, who were admitted ‘under the table’ (illegally) scored above her.

    “Till today, the lady has no approval letter from JAMB neither for Medicine nor Medical Laboratory. And if she is doing Medical Laboratory, she is doing it in an arrangement between her and the institution,” Oloyede said.

    He, however, said the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) of JAMB detected issue with the admission, having ranked in distant 241 position, which made her stand no chance to be admitted.

    The JAMB boss further disclosed that the university ought to have followed all procedures of admitting candidates starting from ensuring that the confirm with the quota allocated to them and ranking order, which was ignored in this case.

    “The truth of the matter is that if she has a letter of provisional admission, it is not from JAMB. So, we welcome the wise counsel of the Senate president that the matter be investigated. We will cooperate with the Senate,” Oloyede added.

  • JAMB welcomes Senate’s probe into admission racketeering

    JAMB welcomes Senate’s probe into admission racketeering

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has welcomed the decision of the Senate to probe alleged admission racketeering in universities, saying the exam body would be vindicated.

    The Senate had on Wednesday agreed to investigate allegation of admission racketeering in the nation’s universities, following a motion moved by Sen. Onyeka Nwebonyi of Ebonyi North.

    Nwebonyi, who cited admission travails of one Chinyere Ekwe at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), alleged that some university staff members conspired with JAMB’s officials to carry out unwholesome practices.

    She said this prompted the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to call for a fair hearing, saying JAMB was known to be a reputable institution.

    However, while reacting to the development during the Customer Service Week of the Board in Abuja, JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, commended the Senate  for giving opportunity to the exam body to defend itself over the issue.

    “Something happened in the Senate when a motion was moved to take certain steps about what was alleged to be a connivance between JAMB and some institutions on admission racketeering, and that was on the floor of the Senate.

    “But anything that appears negative also has a positive in it. The Senate President said JAMB must be heard because JAMB has integrity.

    “I want all of us to appreciate the Senate president in particular and the entire Senate for the wise counsel. We thank them sincerely and we say thank you for giving us the opportunity to be heard,” he said.

    Clarifying the major issues in the allegation, Oloyede said the affected candidate sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), where she scored 291.

    He said the girl, who applied to study Medicine and Surgery at UNN, was in 241 position in the ranking of applicants for the medical programme in the university after all her other academic performances, including post-UTME score were calculated by the institution.

    “Seeing the reality of the ranking, this lady did not apply to change her course, but the university decided she changes to Medical Laboratory, and a proposal was made to her and she accepted the Medical Laboratory in writing.

    “The institution then recommended her for admission into Medical Laboratory, and we knew that she could not have been taken for Medicine because that year the university admitted more than the approved number,” he said.

    While saying that the university admitted above its given departmental quota in Medical Laboratory and was told to reduce the number, Oloyede said it was discovered that many other applicants who were admitted  “under the table” (illegally)  scored above her.

    “Up till today, the lady has no approval letter from JAMB neither for Medicine nor Medical Laboratory. And if she is doing Medical Laboratory, she is doing it in an arrangement between her and the institution,” Oloyede said.

    The JAMB boss said: ” The university went beyond that in March this year on the arrangement of the Honourable Minister that we condoned some illegality in admission between 2017 and 2020.

    He said they now recommended the girl as undisclosed admission – that is admission done under the table, saying “you can come in like that, using the waiver of the Honourable Minister”.

    Oloyede, however, said that the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) of JAMB detected the issue, with the admission  having ranked in distant 241 position, which made her stand no chance to be admitted.

    The JAMB boss further disclosed that the university ought to have followed all procedures of admitting candidates starting from ensuring that the conform to the quota allocated to them and ranking order, which was ignored in this case.

    “The truth of the matter is that if she has a letter of provisional admission, it is not from JAMB. So we welcome the wise counsel of the Senate president that the matter be investigated. We will cooperate with the Senate,” Oloyede added.

    The registrar assured the public that the board and its staff would be vindicated, and expressed delight over the mediating role that JAMB played between candidates and institutions in ensuring equity and fairness.

  • Transportation varsity now on JAMB portal

    Transportation varsity now on JAMB portal

    Intending undergraduates wishing to change from their original university choice to the newly-established Federal University of Transportation, Daura (FUTD), Katsina State, can now do so on JAMB portal.

    This is because the university is now listed on the central admission agency’s website, its pioneer vice-chancellor, Prof. Umar Adam-Katsayal, has said.

    “The management of FUTD wishes to inform the general public that the university is now on the JAMB portal.

    “JAMB candidates who wish to join the university with the aim of building a career in the transportation industry can now visit the JAMB portal for a change of institution and programme of their choice,” Adam-Katsayal said in Katsina on Wednesday.

    Adam-Katsayal listed programmes offered by the university to include B.Eng. Civil Engineering; B.Eng. Electrical and Electronics Engineering; and B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering.

    Others, he said, are B.Eng. Mechatronics Engineering; B.Eng. Railway Engineering; B.Eng. Highway Engineering; B.Sc. Aviation Management; and B. Sc. Transport Management; B.Sc. Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

    Courses also offered by FUTD are B.Sc. Maritime Safety and Environmental Administration; BSc. Railway Transport Management; B.Sc. Sea Port and Dry Port Management; B.Sc. Inland Waterways Safety and Environmental Administration; and B.Sc. Maritime Economics.

    Prof. Adam-Katsayal also explained that admission requirements are five O’Level credits, including English and Mathematics, in not more than two sittings.

  • Reps step down motion on free registration for JAMB, WAEC, NECO

    Reps step down motion on free registration for JAMB, WAEC, NECO

    The House of Representatives has rejected a motion seeking to compel examination bodies such as JAMB, WAEC and NECO to register students free of charge for the 2023-2024 examination.

    This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Anamero Dekeri (APC-Edo) during plenary in Abuja on Wednesday.

    Presenting the motion, Dekeri said that the removal of fuel subsidiary by the government had negatively impacted on most Nigerians, particularly the low income earners.

    He also said that profiteers were taking undue advantage of the situation by increasing cost of essential commodities thereby further pooporising the people.

    He said one of the major challenge of the low-income earning parents was the education of their wards particularly in payment of examination fees.

    He said that with the cooperation of the masses, the federal Ggvernment was able to deliver Nigerians from a few individuals that took the nation’s economy hostage.

    This he said happened through fuel subsidy payment conduit pipe that has plundered this country’s economy for too long.

    He said as a result of the removal of fuel subsidy, the government might have saved approximately NI7 billion daily from a few cartels that had been sucking the poor masses.

    The lawmaker said that the government was making plans for permanent and commensurate benefit for poor masses who had suffered the effect of fuel subsidy removal.

    In his prayers, Dekeri, urged the Ministry of Education to declare 2023 and 2024 WAEC, NECO and JAMB examinations registration free of charge.

    This would serve as palliative to poor Nigerians.

    He also urged the Minister of Finance, Budget, Economic and National Planning to come up with robust framework that would give the poor people sense of belonging in the Nigeria.

    Rep. Julius Ihonvbere, the Leader of the House urged the lawmakers to adopt a school in their constituencies to pay the school fees of their constituents.

    This was supported by Rep. Kingsley Chinder, the Minority Leader of the house.

    Rep. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa (APC-Kano) however kicked against Ihonvbere amendment, while calling for caution, adding that the way the motion was going, would put some of them in trouble.

    “We have been paying this fee at personal level, so I will advise we exercise caution in handling the motion,” he said.

    Rep Olumide Osoba (APC-Ogun) said the burden should not be on the Ministry of Education, adding that the state governments should also assist.

    Rep. Afolabi Maruf (APC-Lagos) said that only public school should be included in the free school fees, adding that private schools should not benefit from the gesture.

    Some of the lawmakers however pleaded with the speaker to step down the motion.

    Rep. Awaji-Inombek Abiante (PDP-Rivers) moved that the motion be stepped down, while Rep. Sesy whingan(APC-Lagos) seconded the motion.

    When Speaker Tajudeen Abbas put the motion to voice votes, the lawmakers voted that the motion be stepped down.

  • FG conducts 2nd phase exams for public servants

    FG conducts 2nd phase exams for public servants

    The Federal Government on Wednesday conducted the second phase of computer-based Confirmatory Promotional Examination (COMPRO II) for junior cadre officers in public service across the nation.

    The examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), had a total of 9, 618 candidates from paramilitary and junior officers from the core Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), who participated in the exams nationwide.

    Speaking after touring Abuja centres, Dr Marcus Ogunbiyi, Permanent Secretary, Career Management Office, office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), commended JAMB management for proper conduct of the exams.

    “As you can see, the exam has been well organised and this is the first time we are holding a CBT for junior COMPRO candidates. Last year was for the senior cadre officers and I commend the level of their comportment.

    “The way they have handled the system for now is encouraging and I believe by the time we come back next year for the same exercise, things will be better,” he said.

    Ogunbiyi, however, identified some areas of lapses to include accreditation of officers which he said would be addressed before the next conduct of such exercise.

    He said that the reason behind the initiative by the Federal Government was part of its vision to reform the public service by going digital and to improve civil servants in the course of their work.

    “In the first instance, the COMPRO is to test the ability and how well the public officers know the public service and to test the level of their potential to handle the assignments given to them as public servants.

    “What we are doing now by going digital is part of reforms of the nation’s public service,” he said.

    He said over the years, the service had been handling bulk questions papers and a lot of human interface in assessing officers.

    “But going digital, we are now reducing the human contacts, it is done seamlessly. So it is what you put there, that is what you get back, ” he explained.

    Also, Mr Ateboh Ademu, Director, Learning and Development, office of the HOCSF, said Head of service office was satisfied with the level of performance of the exercise.

    “As the Director of learning and development, the assessment so far as we have witnessed by all indication is excellent, is even beyond expectations, the attitude.

    ”The conducts of candidates and handling of the whole exercise have been done excellently,” he said.

    Ademu gave assurance of non compromise of the system to sustain the needed standards.

    According to him, having examined some of the problems encountered during the first conduct of the exam, the office of the HOCSF in collaboration with JAMB have put some measures on ground to address all observable challenges.

    In the same vein, Mrs Blessing Garuba, one of the candidates from Nigeria Immigration Service, commended the innovative of computer-based examination for public servants in Nigeria.

    Garuba added that it had improved her horizon as she could confidently operate computer on her own.

    “When I heard about the exam I was panicking but going into the exam hall, I found out that it is all what I know. Besides, I have learnt a lot resulting from using computer, ” she said.

    The Federal Government had in 2022, introduced the computer-based examination for the senior cadre officers across all MDAs to fulfill its agenda of improving public service to a global standards.