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  • 2021 UTME: Jamb tells candidates to reprint mock examination slips

    2021 UTME: Jamb tells candidates to reprint mock examination slips

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has asked candidates sitting for its mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to reprint their examination slips.

    The board gave the directive in its Weekly Bulletin of the office of the Registrar, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.

    JAMB stated that candidates, who had indicated interests to sit for the mock- UTME and had earlier printed the examination slips, were advised to reprint, following the shift in examination date.

    “Candidates, who had registered for the 2021 UTME and indicated interest to sit for the optional mock examination, are to reprint their mock notification slips.

    ” This is consequent on the change of date for the mock- UTME earlier scheduled for Thursday, May 20 and now to hold on Thursday, June 3.

    ” It is imperative to reprint as the new slip will have a new date.

    ” As disclosed earlier, the optional mock notification slip can be printed from anywhere that candidates find convenient, provided they have internet access.

    ” To print the slip, candidates are to visit https://www.jamb.gov.ng then click on the facility and print their slips,” it stated.

    The board explained that each slip contained candidates’ details such as registration number and most importantly, the centre they were to sit for the examination within their chosen examination town.

    It added that the slip also contained the expected time to be at the centre.

    Candidates, JAMB further advised, were expected to print and study the contents in the slip to avoid mix up in the location of their centres and name of
    the examination centres.

    NAN recalls that the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, had recently announced the extension of the 2021 UTME and mock examinations, following reports of widespread delay in registration.

    Oloyede said that 2021 Mock earlier scheduled for May 20 would now hold on June 3, while the UTME would hold from June 19 to July 3.

    In a similar development, the board advised parents of candidates to avoid falling victims of extortion from some schools, under the pretence of
    registering their children in groups.

    JAMB stated that “unlike the West African Examination Council (WAEC) or National Examination Council (NECO) the UTME and Direct Entry (DE) registration and examination were not school-based.

    ” As such, schools have no role whatsoever in these operational processes of the board.

    ” This is because these exercises require only the participation and engagement of individual candidates.

    ” Consequently, schools that are using the name of the board to swindle parents of humongous sums of money for registration or other services are hereby
    warned to desist forthwith,” it stated

    According to the board, the information is necessary because it discovered series of data mutilation, occasioned by the unwholesome practice of group processing of registration, among others.

    It added that the cost of the UTME forms (ePINs) remained N3,500 and N500 for the reading text and not more, and that accredited Computer Based Test (CBT) centres have been directed not to charge above N700 as service charge.

    The board reiterated that parents were to ensure their children registered for the UTME individually and not as a group.

    JAMB also said it had so far, registered 1,223,962 UTME candidates and 63,586 DE candidates.

  • UTME 2021: Senate sends strong message to JAMB over NIN requirement

    UTME 2021: Senate sends strong message to JAMB over NIN requirement

    The Senate on Tuesday told the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to further extend the registration deadline for 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) or consider suspending the National Identity Number (NIN) requirement.

    The Senate told JAMB to consider suspending the NIN requirement for prospective students until there is a seamless and well-organised process for obtaining the NIN.

    Hitherto, the Senate mandated the Ministry of Education, JAMB and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to review the implementation of the NIN policy.

    This foregoing was sequel to a Point of Order raised by Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah (YPP-Anambra) during plenary.

    The motion is titled “The need to address the untold hardship caused by the introduction of NIN as compulsory requirement for JAMB registration”.

    The upper chamber urged the Ministry of Education and NIMC to introduce and streamline a simple and decentralised NIN registration process where students would be able to obtain their NIN in their various accredited school premises.

    The JAMB recently made NIN mandatory for students seeking admission into universities of their choice.

    Raising Orders 42 and 52 of the Senate Standing Rules, Ubah while noting the untold hardship the policy had generated for students said the action ” is inconsiderate and a premature decision”.

    He said: “For JAMB to include NIN as a precondition for registration of UTME candidates in 2021 is inconsiderate.

    “This action is an inconsiderate and premature decision that has further complicated the already rigorous process of both registering for JAMB examination and procuring the NIN.

    “JAMB initially attempted to start the implementation of this policy in 2020/but had to postpone it owing to technical problems and irregularities bedeviling the process of obtaining NIN from NIMC.

    “From all indications, these technical hitches are yet to be addressed; the long queues at NIMC centres are a testimony to the fact that a well organised process is yet to be put in place to ease the stressful process of registration.

    “The board (JAMB) already has enough logistical and technical problems to tackle.”

    Ubah further said that adding more complications was counterproductive and would serve as a hindrance to young Nigerians desirous of getting into higher institutions to further their education.

    Seconding the motion Sen. Uche Ekwunife (PDP-Anambra) said it was a very straightforward motion and apt.

    “This has come when we have to show concern for what is happening on students presenting NIN before they are registered for JAMB.

    “Mr President, remember that the whole of last year was taken over by COVID-19 and that restricted a lot of movement and it made it impossible for many students to have access to NIN.

    “Telling our students now that they cannot register for WAEC and GCE because they do not have NIN is actually very insensitive on the part of JAMB and NECO.

    “Mr President I want to state very clearly that the awareness on NIN has not been felt. There is no public enlightenment, many people don’t even understand what NIN stands for.

    “The awareness has not been taken to the grassroots; the enlightenment has not been taken to schools; it has not been taken to universities and tertiary institutions.

    “Therefore many children and many students don’t even know the need for them to have the NIN, they don’t even know that the NIN is a requirement for them to participate in NECO and GCE.

    “Schools should not make NIN as a requirement for participation in any examination,” Ekwunife said.

    The resolutions were unanimously adopted by the senators after a Voice Vote by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan.

  • BREAKING: JAMB officially shifts 2021 UTME, extends registration

    BREAKING: JAMB officially shifts 2021 UTME, extends registration

    The 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has been moved from June 19 to July 3, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede has announced.

    He made the announcement at an ongoing press conference on Saturday in Abuja.

    The examination was slated to hold between June 5 and 19.

    The registrar also announced an extension registration for the examination by two weeks.

    The registration exercise will now end on May 29.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the registrar had on Friday hinted that the 2021 UTME may be postponed.

    More details later…

  • BREAKING: 2021 UTME may be shifted – JAMB Registrar

    BREAKING: 2021 UTME may be shifted – JAMB Registrar

    The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede has said 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) might be shifted.

    Prof. Oloyede, who made this known during a virtual meeting with 2021 UTME Committee Members on Friday, said the possibility of shifting the date for the 2021 UTME is very high.

    He disclosed that over 600,000 candidates who indicated interest in sitting for the exams, scheduled to hold between June 5 and June 19, are yet to register.

    He said the candidates were finding it difficult to register due to the challenges of National Identification Number (NIN).

    He said so far, 1.1 million candidates had registered for the 2021 UTME, stating that the board anticipated approximately 1.9 million registrations at the end of the exercise.

    The JAMB boss noted that though 50 per cent of candidates had already registered without problem, there was need to carry everyone along.

    According to him, that after meeting with stakeholders, we will decide on whether to shift the exam or not.

    “The possibility of shifting the exam forward is still high; but that will be determined after our meeting with stakeholders.

    “This is because about 600,000 candidates who have indicated interest in the exam are yet to register. There is need to give everyone the opportunity,” he said.

    Oloyede apologised for the new initiatives introduced in the 2021 UTME, saying that it was not to punish candidates but to exposed candidates in the habit of indulging in various forms of malpractices.

    He added that candidates were expected to provide two pictures on the candidate slip, picture of the person who registered at JAMB office, picture of the owner of the name who registered with NIN.

    He called on candidates to take note of the process, adding that the essence was to detect any disparity in the process.

    “We apologise for putting you through some hardship in the registration. The government directed that anyone participating in JAMB must have their NIN. This is beyond our control. Those who are yet to register should do so.

    “The mock exam is billed to come up on May 20. It is an optional exam meant to test the system. As you all know, the main exam is coming up between June 5 and June 19.

    “Shifting the exam date is not the solution, at the meeting we will discuss on how some of the problems encountered by candidates will be resolved. It is important that we carry everyone along,’’ he added.

    He further disclosed that JAMB had secured about 802 exam centres across the country and 104 centres in towns adding that Lagos state alone has four centres.

  • 2021 UTME: Mock examination slips ready for printing – JAMB

    2021 UTME: Mock examination slips ready for printing – JAMB

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says that mock examination slips for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can now be printed out in preparation for the exercise.

    JAMB made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar and made available on Monday in Abuja.

    “Candidates who had registered for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and indicated interest to sit for the optional mock examination are to print their mock notification slips from Sunday, May 9.

    “This is in preparation for the mock examination scheduled for Thursday, May 20.

    “The optional mock notification slips can be printed from anywhere candidates find to be convenient, provided they have access to the internet.

    “Candidates are to visit https://www.jamb.gov.ng then click on e-facility and print their slips,” the bulletin reads.

    The board added that the slip contained candidates’ details such as registration number and the centre to which they are to sit for the examination within their chosen examination town.

    The slip, it further said, also contained the expected time the candidates were to be at the centre.

    It further urged candidates to study the contents of the slip after printing it out in order to know the location of their examination centres on time, to avoid confusion on the scheduled date of the exercise.

    JAMB also said that a total of 845,517 candidates have so far registered for the 2021 UTME and a total of 38,886 candidates have registered for Direct Entry (DE) as of Sunday, May 9.

    Registration commenced on April 8, to end on May 15, while the examination is scheduled to commence from June 5 to June 19.

    In a similar development, the board has cautioned the public against falling victims to scammers whom it said have continued to use its name to commit illicit acts.

    The board said that its attention had been drawn to ” the activities of criminal elements who claim to be recruiting invigilators on behalf of the Board for the 2021 UTME/DE.

    “They do this while also requesting the payment of acceptance fee of N5,000 payable to the syndicates.

    “The board wish to state unequivocally, that it is not recruiting any invigilator or any official in that capacity for that matter.

    “It should be noted that even the term ‘invigilator’ is alien to the Board’s operations and therefore, the public is advised to be wary of anybody purporting to be acting on its behalf.”

    The board added that it had in place a transparent and fool proof process of recruiting ad-hoc staff or any other officials it needed to make progress.

    JAMB said it has become necessary to notify the public on the development so that people were not scammed and parted with their hard-earned resources on the premise of securing non-existing jobs with the board.

    “To ensure that the public is not misled, the Board has provided several platforms for the public to verify any information purported to have been released by it, to save the public from being misled.”

    The board also stated that it has commenced series of meetings with its critical stakeholders to consolidate on its preparations for the 2021 UTME/DE exercise.

  • JAMB introduces USSD code for registration

    JAMB introduces USSD code for registration

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says the board will introduce the use of USSD code as an option to the SMS process of generating a profile code for registration.

    This, it said, was part of measures it had put in place to address some challenges experienced by candidates of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

    The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this during a news briefing at the board’s headquarters in Bwari, Abuja, on Monday.

    Oloyede said the use of the USSD code would commence from Friday, April 30.

    He said the board had received complaints especially by parents of candidates who had tried to register their children and wards but had been unsuccessful.

    He said that service providers had, however, continued to extort candidates by deducting N50 SMS charges at each trial to generate a profile without a positive response.

    ” Parents are being extorted when sending requests unsuccessfully and at the end, nothing comes or is delayed by network and yet, N50 is being charged and deducted.

    ” You must note that this charges do not come to JAMB but to the service providers.

    ” Therefore, we have asked all those concerned to go back and ensure that where a service is not fully rendered and charges were deducted, such monies should be refunded to the candidates.

    ” JAMB do not have the capacity to enforce this refund or monitor compliance but we are expanding our stakeholders to include Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to do it.

    ” They will join our task force to check on any act of extortion, while we also invite Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to monitor and check on these service providers.

    ” Another option we are creating asides sending an SMS to 55019 to generate a profile code will include dialing *55019*1*NIN#.

    ” This will, however, take effect from Friday, April 30,” he said.

    The registrar, who frowned at candidates’ inability to follow the right procedure for the exercise, also said that the board, alongside its major stakeholders, had agreed to accommodate common errors made during the registration process.

    Some of the errors, he noted, were candidates mistakenly sending ‘NIN’ with no space before typing the actual number.

    ” Some type without spacing, some include comas and even hyphen.

    ” We have tried to enlighten the public on how to send and receive a successful profile code but candidates seem to get it wrong. We will work out modalities to accommodate all these common errors.

    ” That is to say that, whether one puts space or not, hyphen or commas, the message should be able to deliver.

    ” We have asked the service providers to go back and adjust their systems so that such errors are accommodated and we will also go back to the drawing board and incorporate these errors into our systems.

    ” This should take five days starting from today. We believe that after Friday, April 30, those who make such common errors should be able to generate a profile code,” he said.

    Oloyede also said that candidates who had registered for UTME in the previous year could also generate a code with the same telephone number, following the 2021 process of generating a profile code.

    He explained that the only difference between the previous registration process and that of this year was the inclusion of NIN.

    The same code, he stated, might be sent to the candidate but would have undergone an upgrade from the board’s system.

    He also noted that the board was connecting effectively with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on the registration process and have had not much to worry about.

  • JAMB registers over 300,000 for UTME, 8,000 for DE

    JAMB registers over 300,000 for UTME, 8,000 for DE

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), has so far registered more than 300,000 candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

    According to the board’s weekly bulletin obtained from the board’s website on Monday, JAMB has also registered more than 8,000 Direct Entry (DE) candidates.

    “Total profile code generated so far is 497,528.

    “Total UTME pin vended is 344,115, while total pin vended for DE is 10,848. Total registered candidates for UTME, 316,132 and total registered candidates for DE is 8,490.

    “Total candidates who have indicated interest in sitting for the mock UTME are 126,402,’’ it said.

    According to the bulletin, candidates can send their National Identity Number (NIN) from any SIM of their choice provided the SIM has not been used by another candidate to register for UTME/DE in the past.

    JAMB said that this was contrary to its earlier statement that only the SIM that was linked to a candidate’s NIN could be used to send their NIN to 55019.

    The board had on Sunday said that candidates could only generate their profiles by sending their details to 55019 on the SIM linked to their NIN.

    It, however, advised them to follow the right process to be successfully registered.

    “The right process is to send the word `NIN’, allow one space in between, and then insert the eleven digits NIN number and send to 55019.

    “Any other process is wrong and would not generate the profile code for the candidate.’’

    The mock UTME earlier scheduled to hold on April 30, is now to take place on May 20, while the examination will take place from June 5 to June 19.

    Registration for UTME/DE which began on April 8, will end on May 15.

  • JAMB reschedules 2021 UTME mock examination

    JAMB reschedules 2021 UTME mock examination

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says that the 2021 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), earlier scheduled for Saturday, April 30, would now hold on Thursday, May 20.

    The board made this known in a statement, signed by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin on Sunday, in Abuja.

    The statement said that the change was part of the board’s ongoing adjustments of its operational processes.

    “The change, however, would not affect other schedules, including the date for the UTME, fixed for June 5 to 19.

    “Candidates, who have registered and have chosen to sit for the exercise, and other critical stakeholders, are to take note of this change of date,” JAMB stated.

    The board also noted that the 2021 UTME and Direct Entry (DE) registration was ongoing and also scheduled to end on May 15.

    Candidates, the board said, were to first generate their profiles by sending their details to 55019.

    “The right process is to send the word “NIN”, allow one space in between, then insert the eleven digits NIN number and send to 55019, that is; NIN 00000000000.

    “Any other process is wrong and would not generate the profile code for the candidate.

    “It is also necessary for the candidate to know that only the SIM that is linked to his or her NIN can be used to send the NIN to 55019.” It stated

    Registration for 2021 UTME/DE commenced April 8, to end on May 15, while the examination is scheduled to commence from June 5 to June 19.

  • JAMB bans parents from UTME venues

    JAMB bans parents from UTME venues

    The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, has ordered all CBT Centres across the country not to allow parents/guardians into the registration hall again.
    A statement signed by JAMB Spokesman in Ilorin Office, Hassan Lawal, quoted Oloyede as saying that the decision was made after inspecting some of the registration centres in Kwara, which were overcrowded.
    ”The registrar said it has been discovered that the parents/guardians are always a distraction to both candidates and the centres and at the same time, congesting the halls by not following the COVID – 19 protocols,” Oloyede was quoted as saying.
    Oloyede also advised parents/guardians to stop pushing the education of their wards faster than necessary.
    “For example a 14 or 15-year-old is not matured enough to undergo the process of registration and university pressure and are vulnerable to exploitation by scammers out there,” he said.
    Oloyede also advised states Ministries of Education and relevant stakeholders who were saddled with the responsibility of enrollment of students into secondary schools to always ascertain the students’ true age before admittance into secondary schools.
  • JAMB loses over N10m to fraudsters in 2020 — registrar

    JAMB loses over N10m to fraudsters in 2020 — registrar

    Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said the board lost more than N10 million in 2020 to fraudsters.

    Oloyede told newsmen at the board’s headquarters on Wednesday in Abuja that the fraudsters penetrated the board’s payment portal for adhoc staff.

    He said that the money, which was meant to pay JAMB adhoc staff from the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), was hijacked by the suspected fraudsters.

    Oloyede, however, said that the board investigated the illegality, tracked and finally apprehended 10 of the suspects in Kaduna, Nasarawa and Abuja.

    “We did not ask anyone to apply to be an adhoc staff on the site, we had already chosen them through recommendations from various agencies.

    “We only created the site just to pay them via a code that was assigned to them.

    “However, these suspects gained access to the site, deleted the original account details and phone numbers and inserted theirs.

    “We paid N20, 000 each for accommodation per night and N100, 000 for flight tickets, depending on the location of each staff to go and work for that period.

    “The payments ranged from N200, 000 to over N300, 000 per person. Yet, these suspected fraudsters after gaining access to the sites, also inserted details for their family members.

    “They didn’t go to partake in the exercise but ignored the messages sent from our domain.

    “One of them, Saidu Zubairu collected over N3.7 million for himself because he inserted the account details of his mother, sisters and other family members.

    “We have not calculated all the monies they all have so far received but altogether, the amount will definitely sum up to more than N10 million.

    “We have already paid the original owners, though it took us over a year to track the suspects but we finally apprehended them and I assure you the law will take its cause.’’

    Oloyede reiterated the board’s readiness to fight corrupt practices in its system, adding that some of the illegalities had prompted changes in the board’s mode of operations.

    Mr Saidu Zubairu, one of the 10 apprehended suspects said that he got the code for the site through his friend (presently at large) and indulged others.

    According to him, I succeeded in changing the original details in the site and asked eight other friends of mine to do same and they confirmed receipt of payment afterwards.

    Zubairu said that he added the details of 12 family members to the site who were also paid above N300, 000.

    He, however, pleaded that they be forgiven while promising to reimburse the money if given sufficient time.

    In a similar development, Justina Adegoke, a final year student of Economics at the University of Abuja, said that she recently discovered she was given fake admission.

    According to her, she came down to JAMB Computer Based Test (CBT) centre to address the challenge, only to be hijacked by a fraudster at one of the cyber cafes opposite the facility.

    “He asked me what I wanted to do and I told him I wanted to create an email address to complete my admission process and he collected my phone to assist.

    “I didn’t know that he diverted the mail and password from my phone to himself. All information was then intercepted by him.

    “He then called me first to ask me to send N1000 airtime before he would send the information, while claiming to be a staff of JAMB.

    “He later asked for N2000 and then N3000 to release the mail and password and threatened to deal with me if I refuse to cooperate.’’

    Adegoke said that she couldn’t take it anymore and decided to come to JAMB headquarters to report and make her complaint known.

    Moses Peter, who owned the cyber café, claimed not to be aware of the act he claimed was committed by one David Ahmed of Auchi polytechnic.

    He said that he employed boys at random to go out and look for customers but was not aware of their fraudulent activities.

    All suspects apprehended by the board had been handed over to security agents for further investigations.