The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is considering the inclusion of critical thinking and life skills in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to assess candidates’ reasoning, decision-making and problem-solving abilities. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Segun Aina, disclosed this on Wednesday during an interaction with UTME candidates at the...
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has urged universities to desist from issuing admission letters to candidates seeking admissions into their various institutions saying it is not within their mandate to do so. The Registrar, Prof. Segun Aina, stated this when he received a delegation from the Veritas...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the deadline for candidates with pending admission offers from the 2021 to 2025 admission cycles to November 30, 2026. The extension gives affected candidates a final opportunity to either accept or reject their outstanding admission offers following the temporary unavailability of...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has restored its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) after a four-day disruption and directed tertiary institutions across the country to speed up their admission processes to make up for lost time. The Board announced that the platform became fully operational on Sunday, September...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced moves to introduce life skills and critical thinking into the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), in a major effort to align the nation’s tertiary admission test with changing demands in higher education. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Segun Aina, disclosed...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence, Operations, and Investigation Unit attached to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) National Headquarters have uncovered a fraud syndicate, arresting one suspect while efforts remain underway to apprehend the principal culprit. The Force spokesman, CSP Ani Iniedu, confirmed this in a...
Tjoint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results of all underage candidates for viewing, but warned that the release does not automatically qualify them for admission into tertiary institutions. The Board, in a statement signed by its Acting Director, Public Affairs and...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) have introduced a one-time verification system for candidates seeking admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions. Under the new arrangement, candidates will be required to verify their West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE/O’Level) results only once through...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the deadline for candidates offered admission between 2021 and 2026 to either accept or reject their admission offers, giving affected candidates until Wednesday, September 30, 2026, to complete the process. The Board had earlier fixed Monday, August 31, 2026, as the...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced a new technology-driven system that allows candidates to upload their O’Level results from the comfort of their homes, eliminating the need for compulsory visits to Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres for the exercise. The initiative, announced in a press statement signed by...
Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc Sonny Echono, has urged Nigerians to embrace integrity, courage, compassion and dedication to public service, saying the country needs more citizens who are willing to put national interest above personal considerations. Echono made the call in Ilorin on Monday,...
As part of efforts at delivering on his resolve to provide swift and efficient service to the Board’s clients particularly, candidates desirous of tertiary education, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Segun Aina, has strengthened the Board’ Service Compact with All Nigerians (SERVICOM) Unit...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The newly appointed Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Segun Aina, on Monday unveiled an ambitious five-year strategic agenda designed to consolidate the Board’s achievements while transforming it into Africa’s most trusted, innovative and accessible assessment and admissions institution. Speaking...
Nigeria’s education community on Friday night celebrated the immediate past Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede, as he formally bowed out after a decade of sweeping reforms that transformed the examination body into one of the country’s most transparent and accountable public institutions....
Outgoing Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, on Friday formally handed over the leadership of the examination body after a decade in office, expressing gratitude to God, successive administrations, stakeholders and JAMB staff for what he described as a transformative journey in...
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has renewed its call for stronger legal protection for whistleblowers, saying the case involving former Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) official, Yisa Usman, highlights the urgent need to strengthen safeguards for public officers who expose wrongdoing. The organisation made...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced registration for candidates seeking admission into Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) programmes in Colleges of Education and Non-Technological Agricultural Programmes offered by polytechnics across the country. This is contained in a statement signed on Thursday by the Acting Director of Public...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has commissioned and handed over a multi-million naira office complex and a Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre, built by his administration, to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Maiduguri. The state-of-the-art facility, located along the Maiduguri-Dikwa Road, serves as the JAMB’s...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has honoured Master Michael Offorkaile, an indigene of the state who emerged as one of the highest scorers in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), after recording an impressive score of 367. The governor disclosed this in a post shared on his official...
No fewer than 4,216 candidates with disabilities have secured admission into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across Nigeria in the last 10 years through the intervention of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG). Chairman of JEOG and former Executive Secretary of the National...