EDUCATION

440,000 candidates write JAMB exams in 2 days – Oloyede

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

No fewer than 440,000 candidates have sat for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations within two days across the country. The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is’haq Oloyede made this known in Abuja on Monday during a tour of the examination centres

EDUCATION

LAUTCH students prevent UTME candidate from entering premises

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

Students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, on Monday morning prevented candidates who were posted to the school to write the 2017 UTME from entering the premises or gain access to the examination centres in the school. The students were said to have mobilised themselves before the candidates’ arrival, blocking every entrance to the […]

EDUCATION

No candidate sent to examination centre outside their places of choice-JAMB

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), on Sunday made it clear that no candidate was sent to an examination centre outside their places of choice. A statement issued by JAMB’s Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said the board considered all options chosen by candidates in their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration forms […]

EDUCATION

UTME: Hitch-free examination in most North East states

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2017

The Computer-Based Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination was conducted without hitches by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in all the states of the North East, with the exception of Borno State, where delays were experienced at the University of Maiduguri centres following multiple bomb blasts. The News Agency of Nigeria Correspondents who visited the

EDUCATION

57,000 candidates sit for UTME on Saturday

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2017

No fewer than 57,000 candidates sat for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Saturday in 642 centres across the country. The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, 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 […]

EDUCATION

Computers told us ‘No exams for you,’ 2017 UTME candidates allege

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2017

As the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board commenced its 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations on Saturday, candidates have decried certain experiences which they said made them “uncomfortable.” According to a candidate (name withheld) who wrote his examinations at Kunike International School, Ilesa Road, in Osogbo, Osun State, when they logged on as the