The National Assembly proposes to change the statute creating the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to set the age limit for admission hopefuls at 16 years old, according to… Read more »
This is to remind all candidates who have enrolled for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) mock examination that their examination slips are now available for printing (Mock is… Read more »
The deadline for the selling of 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) forms has been set by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). According to JAMB, all candidates must register for the exam between Thursday, April 8th, 2021 and Saturday, May 29th, 2021, including those registering in other nations. PIN vending will terminate on Friday, May 10th, and the registration portal will stop on Saturday, May 29th, 2021.
Parents of candidates preparing for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, have expressed disappointment with the difficulties their children are having obtaining their National Identification Numbers, NINs. Due to difficulties obtaining NIN, the start of the registration period for the examination was initially pushed back. The parents, who expressed their feelings on the Concerned Parents & Educators, CPE, Facebook page, said the pressure to obtain the NIN has caused pain to many candidates who want to register for the exam. Mr. Francis Peter, a relative, thought JAMB’s approach was inappropriate. “If you do something positive in the wrong way, it will be abused,” he said. What happens to students who paid as much as N5000 for a NIN if JAMB’s activities are hindered as a result of the need to obtain one? “If JAMB’s activities are being hampered because of the need to get NIN, what happens to those students that paid as much as N5000 to get NIN?… Read more »
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) disclosed to the general public that there is no set date or fixed date yet for 2021 UTME registration The exam board on… Read more »