EDUCATION

JAMB Denies Dumping Computer-Based Test Mode

Daily Dispatch March 30, 2017

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has denied the media report that it had dumped the Computer-Based Test mode in the forthcoming Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, four years after its introduction. The examination board who described the report as misleading said on the

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ASUU to FG: Pay Our Salary Arrears

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2017

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged the Federal Government to pay the outstanding arrears of its members not later than July 2017. The ASUU National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, stated this during a news conference at the University of Abuja on Wednesday. Ogunyemi said that ASUU insisted on a framework for paying […]

EDUCATION

JAMB Adopts e-PIN Vending to Prevent Fraud – Official

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2017

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it introduced the new e-PIN vending registration for candidates to prevent fraud in its examination. JAMB Acting Zonal Coordinator in Nasarawa State, Moses Akobu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lafia that new e-PIN was not introduced to create hardship for candidates. He […]

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Taraba Govt Releases N1.8b To Settle Teachers’ Salaries

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2017

The Taraba State Commissioner for Education, Mr. Johannes Jigem, said on Wednesday that government had released N1.8 billion to the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), to clear all outstanding salaries of teachers. Jigem disclosed this to newsmen following a peaceful protest by primary school pupils over the non-payment of their teachers’ salaries. The

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I almost lost $11,550 to dubious PhD degree – JAMB chief

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, on Tuesday  told a Federal High Court in Abuja how he was almost swindled of $11,550 by some individuals behind a suspicious university who offered to award him a doctorate degree at that amount. Prof. Oloyede, who was in court to testify […]

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8 VITAL tips as JAMB opens portal for UTME 2017 registration

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2017

After a long wait the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) has opened its official website for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) 2017. The website which opened on Monday, March 20, 2017 as promised also set out some instructions for prospective candidates. Below is a screenshot from the website: For the first time, JAMB is […]