Tag: UTME
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2017 UTME: JAMB dismisses extension rumours as exam ends today
About 19,950 candidates will today (Saturday) participate in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME as the one-week examination rounds off in the country. The Head of Information of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed this on Friday, said a total of 1,698,835 candidates had so far taken the UTME, while…
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UTME 2017: Interested candidates can still register – JAMB
…denies rumour of marks deduction The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has confirmed that interested applicants can still register for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Oloyede made this statement during his visit to a CBT centre in Lagos. He said he got a mandate from the…
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2017 UTME: JAMB releases candidates’ results within 24 hours
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released the first set of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The Head, Public Affairs, JAMB, Mr. Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Tuesday said that the results of 742, 906 candidates who sat for the examination on Saturday and Monday was released within 24 hours.…
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200 IDPs register for UTME, WAEC, NECO in Edo
No fewer than 200 students at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Edo, have registered for the 2017 basic public examinations, including the University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Camp Coordinator, Mr Solomon Folorunsho, made this known on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ohogua, Ovia North-East Local…
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2017 UTME: JAMB warns candidates against absenteeism, lateness
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said on Monday that there would be no rescheduling for any candidate that miss the examination, except on grounds beyond the candidate’s control. The Head, JAMB Information and Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin told newsmen on Monday in Bwari. He warned that the Board would not reschedule exam for…
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UTME: Observers score JAMB high on first class conduct
The Joint Action Coalition on Education (JACE), a coalition of various obsever groups which monitored Saturday’s UTME in various parts of the country has commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), for a hitch-free examination devoid of any irregularities. In a post UTME monitoring briefing in Lagos on Sunday, South West Zonal Co-ordinator of…
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UTME: 57,000 candidates sit for exam on Saturday
No fewer than 57,000 candidates sat for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Saturday in 642 centres across the country. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who addressed newsmen at Digital Bridge Institute, Abuja, one of the UTME centres, said four centres encountered technical problems while one was being investigated for malpractices.…
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2017 UTME: Exam not postponed – Registrar
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that the UTME examination scheduled to commence from Saturday May 13 (tomorrow) has not been postponed. The clarification was made in Abuja on Friday by the Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede in a chat with newsmen. Oloyede therefore appealed to candidates to ignore such rumors, adding that…
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2017 UTME: Check e-mails, CBT centres for notifications, JAMB tells candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has advised candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, scheduled to commence from Saturday, to check their e-mails for notification of their examination centres. JAMB’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, gave the advice on Thursday in Lagos. Benjamin said the advice became imperative because…
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UTME 2017: JAMB partners EFCC, ICPC, Police to monitor exam centres
Sequel to reports of various challenges that marred previous conduct of its examination, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said that operatives of the Nigeria Police, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related offences Commission, ICPC, will monitor the examination centres in the forthcoming Unified…