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  • JAMB insists on new minimum age for admission

    JAMB insists on new minimum age for admission

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has maintained that the minimum age for admission into tertiary institutions for the 2024/2025 academic session remained 16 years.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor (CPA), disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the board’s headquarters on Sunday, in Abuja.

    “For the 2024 admission cycle, candidates who will be at least sixteen (16) years old at the time of admission will be considered eligible,” Dr Benjamin stated.

    Benjamin said the decision follows the directive from the Chairman of the 2024 tertiary admission policy meeting, who is also the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, that the extant policy of 6-3-3-4 be enforced only from the 2025 session.

    “The alarming avalanche of obviously false affidavits and upsurge of doctored upward age-adjustments on NIN slips being submitted to JAMB to upgrade recorded age is dangerous, inimical and unnecessary. Only those below 16 would not and should not be admitted in accordance with the decision of the 2024 Policy Meeting,” he stressed.

    JAMB directs institutions to disclose illegal admissions within 1 month

    Meanwhile, JAMB has directed all institutions to disclose within one month, details of all candidates they illegally admitted prior to 2017.

    Benjamin said that the board had resolved that it would no longer entertain absorption of illegal admissions by institutions through the window of “Condonment of Illegal Admissions”, without registration number.

    The move, he explained, was aimed at curbing illegal admissions, falsification of records and ensuring compliance with the provisions of Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).

    He said that all institutions were being reminded that JAMB had previously requested the disclosure of all illegitimate admissions offered to candidates outside CAPS, between 2017 and 2020, due to abuse of window.

    “This directive followed the waiver on recommendation of JAMB by the former Minister of Education, which allowed institutions to transit to conducting admissions exclusively through the CAPS platform in 2020.

    “We then opened the window of Condonment of Undisclosed Institutional Illegal Admissions (CUIIA), 2017 to 2020.

    “Regrettably, the board has observed that some institutions have continued to admit candidates outside CAPS and subsequently apply for this CUIIA.

    “It is quite embarrassing that some institutions have been found to backdate such recent admissions to 2020 to fit within the time frame of CUIIA.

    “Consequently, the board is terminating the aspect of CUIIA process which allows completely unregistered candidates to be introduced to the system.

    “CAPS is the only authorised platform for admissions; those who have registration but were illegally admitted between 2017 to 2020 would soon be denied the opportunity of the waiver, unless they are disclosed within the next one month.”

    The period of disclosure, he stated, begins from August 1.

    Benjamin added that the board would not tolerate further, any undisclosed admission by any institution, while urging candidates to pursue education through legitimate and recognised means, so they don’t fall victims.

    He also advised candidates seeking admissions to be cautious of illegitimate and unrecognised part-time programmes, which he added, would also not be tolerated under “regularisation or condonment.”

    Benjamin stated that the board distant itself from trending and strange admissions practice by some institutions, claiming to enrol candidates into “daily part-time” by some polytechnics and “Top- up” by some universities.

    “It is crucial to clarify that no such programmes are approved by National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) or National Universities Commission (NUC),” he said.

    Both programmes, Benjamin added, are alien to the education system in Nigeria and any attempt to enrol into the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme with them would be flawed and futile.

    He also reiterated the board’s decision that only candidates who were at least 16 years old at the time of admissions would be considered eligible for the 2024 admission cycle.

    This decision, he explained, followed the directive from Prof. Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education and chairman of the 2024 tertiary admissions policy meeting, that the policy of 6-3-3-4 would be enforced from 2025.

    “Only those below 16 years will not and should not be admitted in accordance with the decision of the 2024 Policy meeting,” Benjamin said.

  • JAMB announces best institutions in Nigeria

    JAMB announces best institutions in Nigeria

    The Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) as the best institution in Nigeria for the year 2021 and 2022.

    JAMB made the announcement at its National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit Award (NATAP-M Award).

    The ceremony was held during the 2024 JAMB policy meeting and 4th edition of the NATAP-M Award, in Abuja on Thursday.

    UNILORIN was thus awarded a N500 million prize after securing 12 points in the overall category of five elements of the award.

    Ahmed Bello University (ABU), Zaria emerged second best institution with 11 points and got a cash prize of N75 million while Borno State University (BSU) came third with nine points and a cash prize of N50million.

    Also Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna emerged as best Polytechnic with 12 points and got N50 million prize at the sectoral awards while Federal College of Education, Zaria emerged as the best College of Education with 11 points and won N50 million prize in the year under review.

    For Innovation Enterprise Institutions, PEFTI Film Institute, Lagos emerged winner with six points and a cash prize of N10 million.

    The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede said the overall award prize was increased to N750 million to help the winners achieve tangible result with the money.

    He said any institution that emerged overall winner cannot win it again until after five years to enable the price go round.

    Oloyede disclosed that this year, the Board remitted over N3.5 billion to the Federal Government and also set aside the N750 million that should be given to the winning institutions.

    The Deputy Senate President, Jibril Barau, in his remark, said the ceremony not only celebrated their collective achievements but also served as a testament to the unwavering dedication.

    He added that it also served as hard work and promotion of excellence that had become the hallmarks of the nation tertiary admission processes.

    Also the board gave recognition awards to former Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Emeritus Peter Okebukola, National Coordinator, UBEC Digital Resource Centre, Prof. Baahir Galadanci and two others for their contribution to the education sector.

    Speaking on behalf of the awardees, Prof. Okebukola thanked God and the board.

    “If we are to award one person out of the 220 million people in Nigeria for commitment to duty, good leadership and governance, I will give that award to Prof. Ishaq Oloyede.

    “If Oloyede is to be the president, Nigeria will be a better country. He has been a model for transparency, accountability and diligence,” he said.

  • JAMB sets new rules for students’ matriculation

    JAMB sets new rules for students’ matriculation

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set aside new rules for students’ matriculation in tertiary institutions.

    The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede was speaking at the 2024 Policy Meeting on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions, in Abuja on Thursday.

    Oloyede ordered tertiary institutions across the country to henceforth inform the Board of their matriculation ceremonies as well as submission of matriculation lists.

    He also urged institutions to forward date of matriculation ceremonies and list to the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and National Colleges of Education Commission (NCCE).

    According to him, two weeks notification must be issued by institutions notifying JAMB before embarking on matriculation.

    He said that any institution that did not submit its matriculation list would not be considered for any degree.

    He also identified that communication with the Board using the Central Admissions Processing Systems (CAPS) and Integrated Brochure and Syllabus System (IBASS) was necessary for admissions processes.

    “We have observed that many institutions still send in correspondences through other means apart from the established channels of CAPS and IBASS.

    “Those who are engaged in such are advised to redirect correspondences through the recognised and acceptable channels.

    “With effect from this year, the manuscript that will be used has now been automated,” he said.

    Meanwhile, the Acting Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki, called on stakeholders for collective efforts to shape the educational landscape of the country.

    Maiyaki pledged the commitment of the commission to improve access to education while also urging institutions to key into the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) of  the commission.

  • 2024 UTME: JAMB announces three top scorers

    2024 UTME: JAMB announces three top scorers

    Three candidates scored 367 during the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and by that emerged as the highest scorers for the examination.

    This was revealed at the ongoing 2024 policy meeting by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday in Abuja.

    They are Olowu Joseph from Ondo State, Alayande David from Oyo State, and Orukpe Joel from Edo State.

    In 2023, Umeh Nkechinyere emerged as the highest scorer with a 360 aggregate score.

    JAMB earlier noted that it won’t announce the 2024 highest scorer to avoid a repeat of the “Mmesoma matter.

    Recall that Ejikeme Mmesoma, a 19-year-old student, claimed to score 362 as against her actual score of 249 in the 2023 UTME JAMB portal.

    “It is common knowledge that the Board has, at various fora, restated its unwillingness to publish the names of its best-performing candidates, as it considers its UTME as only a ranking examination on account of the other parameters that would constitute what would later be considered the minimum admissible score for candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions,” Oloyede said

  • JAMB: Stakeholders kick as Minister pegs admission age at 18

    JAMB: Stakeholders kick as Minister pegs admission age at 18

    At the 2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) policy meeting, stakeholders were taken aback when the Minister of Education, Prof. Mamman Tahir, announced that candidates seeking admission into higher institutions must be at least 18 years old.

     

    Following the Minister’s announcement and policy directive, the audience loudly opposed, chanting “no, no, no,” but Tahir stood firm, stating that the policy is already in place because the government believes candidates should be more mature at 18. He suggested that anyone dissatisfied with this policy should address their concerns to the National Assembly for potential amendments.

     

    The JAMB policy meeting is an annual event where representatives from various tertiary institutions gather to establish the appropriate cut-off marks for admissions for the upcoming academic year.

     

    Previously, Tahir criticized the trend of younger students entering higher education institutions, where they are vulnerable to negative influences due to their immaturity.

  • UNILORIN retains top spot in JAMB institutional rankings

    UNILORIN retains top spot in JAMB institutional rankings

    The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has again, emerged as the ‘Most Subscribed Institution’ by candidates in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Institutional Ranking for the 2022/2023 admission exercise.

    Mr Kunle Akogun, the Director of Corporate Affairs, UNILORIN, who spoke with newsmen in Ilorin on Tuesday, said the university was also ranked first in the category of Institution with the Highest Number of Admitted International Students.

    He explained that the university had 70 international students, while Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, with 18 foreign students, was ranked the second position.

    According to him, UNILORIN has been the most sought-after institution by admission seekers since 2013 and has been the winner of the JAMB award since its introduction in 2018.

    “In 2023, the university won N150 million, for being the Most Subscribed Institution by candidates and N75 million for admitting the highest number of international students.

    “The criteria used by JAMB encompasses five distinct areas, including Most Subscribed Institutions by Candidates, Most National in Terms of Admission Spread, Most Improved in Gender Balance, Most Students, and Most Compliant to Admission Guidelines.

    “In the category of Most Subscribed Institution by Candidates, the University of Ilorin secured the top spot with 97,351 applicants,” he said.

    NAN reports that the University of Lagos followed with 75,967 candidates, while Nnamdi Azikiwe University had 58,956.

    Bayero University attracted 57,150, and the University of Benin garnered 55,455 candidates.

  • JAMB uncovers 3,000 fake Nigerian graduates

    JAMB uncovers 3,000 fake Nigerian graduates

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has said it uncovered 3,000 Nigerian fake graduates.

    JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede made this known in a meeting with the delegation of the Committee of Pro Chancellors of State Universities in Nigeria, COPSUN, in Abuja.

    The registrar was said to have condemned outrightly the illegal admissions practice in some universities across the country. This is made known in the details of the meeting published in the board’s bulletin.

    “Some ‘graduates’ had never entered the four walls of a university owing to the endemic corruption in the system but the board had documented over 3,000 of such cases.

    “Illegal admission of candidates into tertiary institutions is an embarrassment and a disservice to the nation,” he said.

    The registrar further charged COPSUN to ensure that they clamp down on underhand admissions, which is detrimental to the system and disadvantageous to the image of the country.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the examination body had earlier warned candidates to refrain from accepting admissions offered without full academic participation.

    Recall that the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education had in December 2023 ordered JAMB to present the list of tertiary institutions that had conducted irregular admissions.

  • UTME: JAMB releases 2024 supplementary results

    UTME: JAMB releases 2024 supplementary results

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates, who participated in the supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted between June 21 and June 22.

    This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Friday by the board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin.

    JAMB said the supplementary examination was conducted for 28,835 candidates, who were unable to be biometrically verified during the main 2024 UTME.

    Similarly, the board said the other category of candidates were those suspected to have been involved in examination malpractices during the main UTME but who were given a second chance to sit the examination.

    “The exercise, which recorded a huge success nationwide, was marked by heightened security
    measures put in place by the Board to preclude any instance of examination infractions.

    “As such, some nefarious characters, who had attempted to impersonate bona fide candidates were apprehended and handed over to law enforcement agencies for further investigation and prosecution,” the board said.

    The board said it will continue to ensure that no candidate benefit from any acts of infractions through the deployment of state-of-the-art technology before, during and after its examinations.

    JAMB therefore, urged candidates in their own interest  to refrain from engaging in any form of irregularities during their examinations.

    The board also enjoined candidates to desist from soliciting score upgrade from fraudsters or engage in the mutilation of their result sheets while trying to generate fake result sheets with higher scores.

    JAMB advised candidates to check their supplementary UTME results, candidates by sending UTMERESULT to either 55019 or 66019 through the same phone number they had used to generate their profile codes at the start of registration.

  • Admissions: JAMB to announce cut-off marks July 18

    Admissions: JAMB to announce cut-off marks July 18

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Friday, July 18, 2024, for the Policy Meeting to deliberate on admissions cut-off marks into tertiary institutions.

    The meeting which is expected to set minimum cut-off marks for 2024/2025 admissions, would be chaired by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman.

    This was disclosed in the Board’s weekly bulletin and made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja.

    JAMB listed critical stakeholders expected at the meeting to include heads of regulatory agencies, such as the National University Commission (NUC) and National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).

    Others are National Council for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Heads of tertiary institutions in the country, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), among others.

    “During the exercise, the Registrar will present reports on the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the ongoing Direct Entry (DE) applications.

    “The registrar will also analyse key performance indicators that could shape the policy directions of the government in the area of admission.

    “Also, the meeting would apprise stakeholders of the salient issues that cropped up in the course of the previous year’s admission exercise.

    “In addition, the policy meeting will look at the performance of candidates in the current year’s UTME in order to determine the year’s minimum admissible score,” it said.

    Recall that stakeholders had in the previous year agreed on the minimum admission requirement for admission into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.

    The meeting would determine the year’s admission requirements while kick-starting the admission process for the current year.

    It would also discuss unresolved issues emanating from the previous academic year; and also appraise the compliance of stakeholders with extant advisories and suggest further amendments where necessary.

  • JAMB reschedules exams for 24,535 candidates

    JAMB reschedules exams for 24,535 candidates

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says a supplementary 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 24,535 candidates has been scheduled for Saturday, June 22, 2024 for some candidates.

    This is disclosed in a statement to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin.

    Benjamin said the rescheduled examination, taking place two weeks from now, would give affected candidates adequate time to prepare for the exercise.

    He said the candidates include those from Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) and the Kwara State University (KWASU), on the CAILS-KWASU Diploma programme.

    Others are some 20,550 of the candidates whose results were up till now under investigation and 2,702 of candidates whose fingers could not be verified who were given the benefit of doubts to sit for the 2024 UTME.

    He said the remaining 322 candidates have been migrated to the category of candidates under examination misconduct as a prima-facie case had clearly been established that those who had registered were not those who appeared for the examination.

    He said that the number of examination misconduct had also increased by 322 to 431.

    Benjamin added that the board had released additional 3,921 outstanding 2024 UTME results.

    “The Board has painstakingly analysed the process and conduct of the 2024 UTME in some centres where there are strong proofs of substantial non-compliance with the Board’s standards.

    “Consequently, 24,535 candidates have been rescheduled to retake the examination in their chosen examination towns on Saturday, June 22, 2024.

    “Meanwhile, 3,921 outstanding 2024 UTME results that had been cleared have now been released.

    “Therefore, concerned candidates are urged to check their results from Saturday, June 1, 2024 by sending RESULT to 55019 or 66019 to ascertain their status as those cleared would have their results while those rescheduled would be told that they had been rescheduled,” he said.

    He urged the rescheduled candidates to print their supplementary examination notification slip from Tuesday, June 4, 2024 to ascertain their designated examination centres.

    He said the additional 3,921 released results brought the total results released so far to 1,883,350.

    He, however, said this notice did not concern candidates whose results had earlier been released.

    He added that candidates with prima facie case(s) of examination misconduct would be further interrogated to establish their culpability after which appropriate measures would be taken on them and announced.

    He also said the Board after yielding to pleas of many stakeholders and authorities for the extension of the 2024 Direct Entry (DE) registration had decided to bring the DE registration to a close on Monday, June 17, 2024.

    Benjamin said in order to facilitate the wrap-up of the registration, it had expanded the DE registration points beyond the Professional Registration Centres (PRCs) owned by JAMB.

    “The states where there is upsurge of prospective DE candidates as: Lagos State: -(a) JAMB PRC, No 11, Ojora Road, Ikoyi Lagos; (b) JAMB PRC, No 35-37, Isheri Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos, (c) ETC Nig. Ltd, 229, JKK House Ikorodu, Road, Ilupeju.

    “Oyo State:- (a) JAMB PTC, JAMB Zonal Office, Quarters 845, Agodi G.R.A, Ibadan, Oyo State; (b) Federal College of Education (FCE) Special, CBT Centre, Oyo; (c) JAMB PTC, Igboho.

    “Kwara State: (a) JAMB PTC, National Headquarters Annex, After Oyun Bridge, Old Jebba Road, Ilorin, Kwara State; (b) University of Ilorin CBT Centre, Mini Campus.

    “Osun State: (a) JAMB PTC, behind Technical College WAEC Road, Alekuwodo, Osogbo, Osun State;

    (b) JAMB PTC, Block Y (Commercial) OSPDC, Oroki Estate, Service Area, Ilobu Road, Osogbo, Osun State; (c) JAMB PTC, Gbongon.

    “It is our belief that all eligible candidates would take advantage of this opportunity to register as no further extension would be entertained,” he explained.

    He, therefore, said that the previously announced criteria for DE registration remained unchanged.

    On CAILS-KWASU Diploma, he said the Board had agreed to conduct a special registration exercise for the 3,633 prospective candidates, who did not participate in the 2024 UTME.

    He said they did not participate in the examination based on the assumption that they would be accommodated in the 2024 DE exercise.

    He advised these candidates to register at any of the approved CBT centres in Kwara, Oyo or Osun State within the next one week (ending on Monday, June 10, 2024) to register for the UTME.

    He stressed that 469 others among this category of UTME candidates, who had already taken the 2024 UTME need not retake the examination as the one they had already taken suffices.

    He said this concession was to ensure that, while standards were being maintained, efforts were in place to support and promote the aspirations of qualified and willing candidates even if it required bending over backwards.