Education

UTME Resit: More Candidates Cross 200-Average Mark

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No fewer than 200,000 more candidates crossed the 200 average mark in the Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination, UTME, after the recent resit organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination Board, JAMB, following the technical and human errors that marred the original exam.

In the resit UTME results released on Sunday, JAMB noted that the majority of candidates — 1,365,479 (70.7 per cent) out of 1.9 million candidates — scored below 200 after both the original exam and the resit.

In the original results released by JAMB on May 9, 2025, over 1.5 million candidates out of 1.9 million candidates who took the exam had scored below 200 out of the total 400 marks, raising concerns in the country.

Following sustained pressure, JAMB investigated the cause of the mass failure and discovered technical and human errors in its system.

Consequently, it announced a resit exam for 379,000 candidates in Lagos and the South-East states.

The results of the resit UTME released on Sunday, revealing that a good number of the candidates, who previously scored below 200, crossed the average mark this time.

JAMB indicated that after the resit UTME, the number of candidates who scored below 200 marks shrank from over 1.5 million to 1,365,479, indicating that about 200,000 more candidates crossed the average score.

According to JAMB, the new results reflect an improvement in performance compared with previous years since the adoption of the Computer-Based Test format in 2013.

With the release, the number of candidates who scored less than 200 in the 2025 UTME now stands at 1.3 million from the earlier 1.5 million.

Candidates who scored 200 and above now stand at 565,988.

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JAMB Orders Review Of 2025 UTME

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered an immediate review of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) following a wave of public complaints alleging technical glitches, incomplete questions, and unusually low scores.

The Board, in a statement issued by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, acknowledged what it described as an “unusual volume of complaints” since the release of the UTME results last Friday.

It said the development had prompted it to fast-track its annual post-examination review process, which typically takes place months after the exercise.

“We are particularly concerned about the unusual complaints originating from a few states within the federation. We are currently scrutinising these complaints in detail to identify and rectify any potential technical issues,” the statement read.

The spokesperson explained that the annual review covers three stages of the UTME cycle registration, examination, and result release.

He added that if any faults are found in the system, JAMB would not hesitate to implement “appropriate remedial measures.

“To assist in this process, we have engaged a number of experts, including members from the Computer Professionals Association of Nigeria, Chief External Examiners, who are heads of tertiary institutions, the Educational Assessment and Research Network in Africa, measurement experts, and Vice Chancellors from various institutions.”

The exam board noted that “If it is determined that there were indeed glitches, we will implement appropriate remedial measures promptly, as we do in the case of the examinations themselves.”

JAMB’s intervention comes amid reports that thousands of candidates are preparing to file a class-action lawsuit against the Board over the alleged irregularities.

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Boy Lands in Hospital after Checking His JAMB Result, Clip Goes Viral

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A Nigerian student was rushed to the hospital shortly after checking his Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, result.

His sister shared an emotional video on TikTok, revealing that he suffered an anxiety attack triggered by the outcome of his exam.

In the heartbreaking clip posted by @big_ellaa7, the young man appeared visibly distressed while lying in a hospital bed.

According to her, her brother’s hopes were crushed after seeing his JAMB scores, which triggered a severe anxiety attack requiring urgent medical attention.

The family had reportedly placed high expectations on the student’s academic performance, and he had prepared rigorously for the exam. After scoring 289 in the previous year’s UTME, he was hopeful of achieving an even better result this time. Unfortunately, the outcome was a crushing disappointment, leaving him in deep distress. His sister also voiced concern about the growing impact of poor UTME results on students’ mental health.

She said, “My brother, after seeing his JAMB score. He had an anxiety attack. He was rushed to the hospital. He studied like his life depended on it. After he wrote the exam, he came back so full of joy because he felt he answered them correctly.

“I just hope this failure isn’t done intentionally because it’s messing up these children’s mental health. 2025 JAMB did him dirty. Get well soon, my love. I no fit ask person wey de hospital wetin him score shaa, when he gets better. I just know it’s very bad for him to have that anxiety attack. He scored 289 last year, I just de wonder this year own.”

Cosh zin: my last jamb I scored 321 but I wasnt admitted 2 sch for med/sug in uniben. ds yr, I was hvin high hope dt I’ll score nothin less dn 335 but I was shocked wen I checked my result, my score was 171 .

B a d T e d d y: Jamb isn’t about reading so long you know something and smart you will pass without even reading I scored 275 without reading.

candy I got 257 last year, 148 this year. JAMB wants to kill the youths.

ADELE: I get 111 and na medicine I wan study for Uni Ibadan.

Tamunobelema ❤ I wish my mom, dad, brother, and sister were supportive I tried my best, I put my all, but all I get is 197, and now all I have been hearing is comparison insults, discouraging words, and many more. God knows I put my all into this exam.

Goodseed: a CBT-based exam, the result is supposed to be shown to the applicants immediately after the exam, it’s the computer calculating the total,I don’t see a reason why it will take weeks for a release.

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Official, Candidates Hail Conduct of 2025 UTME

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By Olusegun Folarin

Official and candidates describe the conduct of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, as peaceful and noted significant success in the process.

A Radio Nigeria correspondent who visited some exam centres in the Ogun State capital observed that the students were orderly while the examination commenced at the stipulated time.

Some of the candidates who spoke with Radio Nigeria commended the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, for addressing the challenges recorded during the conduct of the mock examination.

They stressed the need for the examination regulatory body to mandate the various examination centres to provide spaces for candidates to stay pending their turn to take the exam, rather than leaving them out in the sun.

A parent, Mr Ajala Johnson, who described the process as smooth, also appealed to JAMB to improve in the provision of space for candidates to stay while waiting their turn.

In a reaction, a supervisor from the Abuja JAMB office, Mrs Ayodele Abiodun, said all arrangements had been made for the smooth conduct of the examination.

Mrs Abiodun commended the candidates for being peaceful and orderly during the examination.

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2025 UTME Mock Holds Nationwide

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By Modupe Toba / Rotimi Famakin

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, today conducted the 2025 optional UTME Mock examination in Computer-Based Test, CBT centres across the nation.

As early as half past six this morning most of the JAMB Accredited CBT centres in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital, saw candidates and parents thronging into their premises.

Radio Nigeria Correspondents who monitored the exercise in Araromi area of Apata, Kuola, Oluyole Estate, UI and Polytechnic Road, Sango, all in Ibadan report that Security Personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC were on ground to ensure peace and orderliness.

Two parents who spoke with Radio Nigeria, Mr Oluwole Ladejo and Mrs Olajumoke Durodola said they opted for the Mock to help their children gain confidence during the main Unified Tertiary Matriculation. Examination, UTME.

A JAMB technical Staff, at one of the CBT centres, Miss Rukayat Lawal explained that the candidates who were thoroughly searched before being allowed into the examination hall were not permitted to take any electronic gadget, such as handsets, earphones or calculator into the examination, except their pencils.

Miss Lawal said JAMB was much more prepared for a hitch-free examination this year, adding that CBT centres approved by JAMB were only allowed to hold the UTME running on power generators.

Another Jamb official at a CBT centre along Akala Expressway, Mrs basirat Hassan explained that there were no hitches as candidates conducted themselves in an orderly manner.

Mrs Hassan noted that the Mock examination was to assess the preparedness of the CBT centers and prepare the students for the main examination, which would be in batches starting from the 25th of this month. 

Each centre visited had not less than Two Hundred and fifty candidates sitting for the 2025 Mock UTME, while over two hundred thousand candidates registered for the 2025 Optional UTME Mock examination Nationwide.

Similarly, our correspondent who monitored the situation at the Distance Learning CBT Centre of the University of Ibadan and PEFTI Computer Based Test Centre situated at Leventis, Sango Ibadan reports that the exercise was conducted in an orderly manner.

According to reports the centre witnessed the presence of security personnel manning the entrance, while parents of the students were hanging around.

In an interview, the Coordinator of the centre, Mr Ayobami Adeoye said the candidates arrived as early as 6 o’clock in the morning based on their examination time schedule.

He maintained that the centre with a 250-seater capacity had facilities required by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board for the conduct of UTME-CBT examination.

Mr Adeoye advised students to update themselves with JAMB requirements and prepare adequately to have a hitch-free exam experience.

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JAMB Plans Releasing 2024 UTME Results Soon

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has concluded plans to release the results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, is scheduled to hold a press briefing in Abuja on Monday regarding the release of the results and related matters, as indicated in a notice circulated to journalists in the capital city.

The notice was made available by the Board’s Head of Public Relations, Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday.

However, there are indications that results that would be released on Monday are for the candidates that participated in the UTME in the first few days, while others would be released after “due diligence” is completed.

The board earlier clarified that the decision to delay the release of the results for a few days was made to allow ample time for thorough scrutiny.

This measure, according to the examination body, was taken to guarantee the credibility and integrity of the results, ensuring there are no doubts or uncertainties, especially concerning issues such as impersonation, mixed biometrics, and other forms of malpractices.

In the past week, more than 1.9 million candidates enrolled for the 2024 UTME across over 700 Computer-Based Test centers nationwide.

The 2024 examination, which commenced on Friday, April 19, 2024, is expected to be concluded today.

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Osun Speaker Buys Jamb Forms For 1,500 Students

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By Mojisola Oladele

As part of efforts to assist indigent Students in his constituency, Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Prince Adewale Egbedun is set to give out free Jamb forms to about 1500 students from his constituency who are willing to participate in the 2024, Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). 

Prince Egbedun who disclosed this in Oyan, Odo-Otin Local Government during an event, said the outstanding candidates in the examination will also be rewarded.

The speaker noted that this would further encourage the students to put in their best in the examination and future academic pursuits.

While explaining that he attached great importance to education as it is the only way we can empower the promising young ones, Prince Egbedun assured that the empowerment would cut across all groups; the elderly, women, youths, artisans and students in the various communities making up the constituency.

He also used the occasion to present a car gift to one of the People Democratic Party, PDP leaders in his constituency, Alfa Raimi Adeleke.

Prince Egbedun commended Alfa Raimi for his leadership and uncompromising roles in the party and stressed that the car gift was to support his activities in the local government and beyond.

“This education support programme is to assist parents and students in the constituency. I understand that many brilliant students have dropped out or are on the brink of dropping out of school because of initial financial challenges.”

“Such students need encouragement and I assure them that the best student in the exam will receive support for his or her University Education.”

“The forms will be distributed to wards, a hundred each for the fifteen wards. I have instructed my team to also arrange for a Preparatory Tutorial Class for them in the Local Government,” he submitted. 

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JAMB Begins Sales of Form January 15

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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the dates for activities that will culminate in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, in a statement, indicated that barring any unforeseen circumstances that might warrant a change in plans, January 15 to February 26, has been fixed for the sale of UTME application document.

Similarly, March 7, 2024, has been slated for the 2024 mock UTME, while the main UTME will be held between April 19 and 29. Candidates are expected to print their examination slips from April 10.

He enjoined candidates interested in the 2024 UTME to take note of the dates and other advisories that might be issued by the board concerning the administration of the examination, and they could also visit the board’s website @www.jamb gov.ng for other relevant information regarding the 2024 UTME exercise.

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Mmesoma’s UTME Score: NUT Says Controversy Disgraceful

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The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has described Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s allegation that the University and Tertiary Matriculation Examination result presented by Mmesoma Ejikeme is fake as disgraceful and embarrassing.

The NUT National President, Mr Titus Amba, in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday, said for Mmesoma and other candidates to have access to upgrade and present fake UTME results showed that JAMB had not fully secured its systems and the process of conducting its exam.

“It is quite unfortunate that this came up as a national issue, it is quite embarrassing. Embarrassing in the sense that it shows that JAMB has not truly secured its own system in terms of examination.

“If the result published or advertised by the girl who already received scholarships was not the real result that came out from their portal, then, we should question the security of the process of the UTME examination.”

He advised JAMB “What I will advise as an educationist is for JAMB to see how best they can secure their examination process so that these things won’t come up again. I advise that they should look inwardly at the examination process. Somebody within them is aiding and abetting all these things that are happening.”

Amba also called on the government to fund the examination boards in the country so as to prevent such future occurrences.

“Government should be able to fund these examination bodies very well and make sure if anything like this happens, they should be held responsible, because UTME is not something you joke with. There are situations where if The West African Senior School Certificate Examination is taking place at 9 am by 7 am you will see questions flying online. How did these questions leak out when it’s yet to be written? Government should rethink. It is quite unfortunate that someone will sit under his closet and manufacture results and scores. I know the JAMB registrar to be a very strong person and a no-nonsense professor. He should look inwardly.”

Also speaking, National President, Association of Tutorial School Operators, Mr Dotun Sodunke, complained that there were different syndicates online posting advertisements on how they could assist candidates to upgrade their results.

“Unfortunately, the government is aware of all these adverts and nothing is been done to all these small boys that are into education or academic yahoo and soiling our names.

“If I want to sit for WAEC now, all you need is N2,000, subscribe online, and you will get these questions, including essay writing and everything,” he said.

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JAMB Exposes Acclaimed Top Scorer

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it will prosecute one Ejikeme Mmesoma for allegedly inflating her score from 249 to 362 in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, thus parading herself as the 2023 UTME top scorer.

The examination body said it also uncovered one Atung Gerald from Kaduna State, who never sat the exam, but claimed to have scored 380.

In a statement on Sunday by its spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB said it found the case of Mmesoma particularly pathetic as she had allegedly hoodwinked unspecting members of the public, including businessman, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, who offered her N3m in scholarship, while a state honour was being planned to celebrate her.

The JAMB spokesperson said, “The attention of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has been drawn to several publications in both print and online media celebrating certain candidates for being high scorers in the 2023 UTME.

“The board is constrained to set the records straight and wishes to state unequivocally that many of the results which many of these candidates are parading are fake. In many instances, some of these candidates had actually obtained far lower scores than they are claiming and had used some funny software packages to manipulate their results to deceive unsuspecting members of the public.

“The most pathetic of them all is the case of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, who claimed to have scored 362 in the 2023 UTME and was awarded a N3m scholarship by Chief Innocent Chukwuma.

“She was even set to be honoured by the Anambra State Government when one of its top officials put a call through to JAMB to confirm her claim only for the board to reveal that Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma had actually scored 249 and not 362 she claimed.

“She had manipulated her UTME result to deceive the public to fraudulently obtain scholarship and other recognitions.”

On the case of Gerald, who claimed to have scored 380, JAMB said, “His ethnic group had taken the issue up, requesting that he should be given special recognition only for the board to disappoint them with the incontestable fact that Atung never obtained the 2023 UTME application documents not to talk of sitting the examination.”

JAMB said, “With this her ignoble act, Miss  Mmesoma would be prosecuted and her original result withdrawn. This is not all, as the board would, in due course,  investigate all candidates laying claims to higher scores than they actually obtained.

“Once discovered, such candidates’ original results would be withdrawn forthwith and they would be handed over to relevant security agencies for prosecution.”

The Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, told newsmen that the state already discovered Nmesioma’s claim to be false and had gone ahead to honour another candidate, Nkechinyere Umeh, who scored 360.

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80,000 Candidates Sit for Rescheduled Exam 2023 UTME

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AbouT 80,000 candidates who could not sit for the 2023 session of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board:s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, within their scheduled time owing to no fault of theirs, sat for the rescheduled examination across the country on Saturday.

Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who monitored the exercise, expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the rescheduled examination.

Adamu, who was in the company of the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, monitored the exam at the Computer Based Test, CBT centre located in Mambila Barracks, Asokoro District of Abuja. expressed delight over the smooth conduct of the exercise.

He said: “I am very happy with what I have seen. Regarding the (temporary) holding room (for candidates), and the arrangement in where they are taking the examination, I think everything is in order.

While saying no negative incident was recorded in the conduct of the UTME at the CBT centre, the minister, however, made a case for a temporary holding place for candidates waiting for the scheduled time of the exam.

“Everything is okay, have you seen any problem? Perhaps they should have a class for the holding room, I think that is the only improvement they will make here,” Adamu said.

Recall that the Board had on Tuesday released the results of candidates who had earlier taken part in the exam, which commenced on Tuesday, 25th April.

A total of 1,586,765 candidates indicated an interest in sitting for the 2023 UTME.

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JAMB Commences Release of UTME Results Tuesday

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday said it would commence the release of results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Board on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.

This was contained in the minutes of the meeting held at the end of an emergency management meeting held over the weekend in Abuja.

In the minutes which was made available to our correspondent on Monday morning, the board noted that the delay in the release of results was due to the fact that it wanted to ensure that all necessary screenings were concluded.

“The Board would be releasing the results of candidates, who have taken the examination so far on Tuesday, 2nd May, 2023. The Board had delayed the release to ensure that all necessary screening are concluded besides ensuring that the mean and standard deviation are reasonably obtained before
releasing these results.

“As candidates check their results on Tuesday, 2nd May, 2023, those who sat the examination but had challenges without being aware of such, would not see their results but would instead see their notification for rescheduled examination,” it said.

Similarly, the examination body also noted that three categories of candidates who missed their examinations had been rescheduled for mop-up examinations.

“All candidates, who could not sit the 2023 UTME within their scheduled time owing to no fault of theirs, would be rescheduled to take the examination on Saturday, 6th May, 2023.

“Candidates under these categories are principally those who were verified at their centres but could not sit the examination; those who could not be biometrically verified, and those with mismatched data,”

The PUNCH had earlier reported that JAMB rescheduled the conduct of the 2023 UTME from Tuesday, April 25, 2023, to Tuesday, May 2, 2023.

The board had informed Nigerians that it would be using some novel innovative methods in conducting the exercise with the aim of completely arresting incidences of examination infractions.

“This has been largely achieved as the exercise recorded the lowest reported cases of infractions but with equally emerging challenges on account of human negligence which led to some candidates not being able to sit the examination on the first day. This notwithstanding, out of the 1,586,765 candidates that indicated an interest in sitting the examination, only 80,166 are now outstanding.

“On the first day of the 2023 UTME, a number of candidates in some centres could not sit the examination as well as in some centres in subsequent days due to diverse reasons. Though a reasonable number of them have been rescheduled and have taken the examination, some are yet to take their examination.

“As part of the decisions reached at the end of an emergency management meeting held on Sunday, 31st April 2023, the Board has fixed Saturday, 6th May 2023, for all categories of candidates who have not sat their examination, as listed below, to take their examination,” the board said.

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JAMB Cancels 817 Registrations

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB says it had cancelled the registrations of no fewer than 817 candidates that registered to sit the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations and Direct Entry examinations.

The examination body said it made the decision owing to the discovery of certain infractions such as the use of strange biometrics during the registration process.

The registrar of the examination body, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, who cited some of the affected cases in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday morning, stated that some registration officers in the affected 178 Computer-Based Test centres added their fingerprints to complete the registration process for the candidates.

Professor Oloyede, however, mentioned that the 817 affected students would be given another opportunity to re-register for the exam with the centres bearing the cost.

He said: “For the students who allowed other people to add their fingers to their registration procedure, we found that some of them were only naive, because you will hear them saying my finger was hot, and the man added his own. And you allowed him to add his own?

“Some of them did it deliberately for impersonation, but we can’t identify those who are genuine from those who are not genuine. We will cancel all of them, all the registrations, and we will ask them to re-register.

“The centres involved, we have just met with them, and they all confessed, nobody is disputing it, even students that were telling lies, they know we have the technology that won’t allow any lie to be accommodated.

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UTME: Twist as Candidates Defy Rain, Others Hindered

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Candidates and their parents defy the early morning rain for the Joint Admission and Matriculation s Examinations which began today nationwide.

Radio Nigeria correspondent observed that as early as. Six o clock some of the candidates have started arriving the centers for the seven o clock paper.

A parent who spoke under condition of anonymity advised that people should have foresight and prepare for situations like this .

He also suggested that important documents be kept in plastic bags to protect them from being wet.

It was observed that many of the candidates arrived late ,drenched and disoriented.

However, some candidates were unfortunate to miss today’s examination, and have appealed to the Federal Government to reschedule the examination for those who missed it.

The candidates who pleaded anonymity, explained that they could not arrive their centres at the scheduled time due to the downpour which started at the early hours of today

They said the rain prevented them from getting public transport on time.

Some parents and guardians also lent their voice to the call, urging government to urgently come to their aid to enable their wards to write the examination which they missed today.

Reacting, the resident monitor for Centre One, The Polytechnic Ibadan, Mr Mutiu Amoo, noted that they had to delay the exam to 8am to accommodate more candidate instead of the slated time, which was 7a

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UTME candidates encounter challenges at CBT Centres in Ekiti

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Some candidates sitting for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB in Ekiti State have lamented over the malfunctioning of the machines using for accreditation and computer set meant for the examination.

Radio Nigeria correspondent who monitored the exercise in Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti, EKSU reports that, as at eleven o‘clock in the morning the candidates were yet to commence the examination.

In an interview, some of the candidates expressed dissatisfaction over the development and called on JAMB management to proffer solution to such, as the examination continues.

Also, parents of some of the candidates at the EKSU centre including Prince Kunle Adeniyi and Mrs Rose Ogundele described the development as uncalled for.

Meanwhile, at the Ekiti Anglican Diocesan High School, Ile Abiye CBT centre and Phoenix CBT centre Ajilosun, Ado-Ekiti, the examination went smoothly as there was no case of computer system malfunctioning as confirmed by some of the candidates.

The examination started as scheduled in other centres visited in Ado and outside the state capital, as the first and second batches students have sat for the examination.

Radio Nigeria observed the presence of security operatives, particularly officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, at the centres visited.

Ekiti State has twelve CBT centres located in Ado , Oye, Ijero, Ikere, Igede and ikole Ekiti.

JAMB UTME which started today is expected to end on the sixteenth of this month with about two million candidates registered for the Examination nationwide.

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JAMB Releases UTME Mock Results

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of the 2022 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted on April 9.

JAMB made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar, on Monday in Abuja.

“Consequently, candidates who sat for the examination are to visit www.jamb.gov.ng and click on ‘2022 Mock Result Checking’ and input their UTME registration number to access their results,” it stated.

Reports have it that no less than 175, 000 candidates sat for the examination at JAMB’s 757 centres nationwide.

The Registrar of the board, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, who spoke to newsmen after the Saturday exercise, had expressed satisfaction over the conduct of the exercise nationwide.

Professor Oloyede said that the 175,000 candidates, who wrote the mock examination, were limited to only one session which started from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

He also assured that the board and all the Computer Based Tests centres were ready for the conduct of the 2022 main examination coming up from May 6 to May 16.

A total of 1.8 million candidates were registered for this year’s main UTME.

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2022 UTME: 175, 000 Candidates Participate In Mock Test

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No fewer than 175, 000 candidates, on Saturday, participated in mock examination organized by Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), ahead of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scheduled to start on May 6th.

In 2016, JAMB introduced UTME mock examinations. The aim was to use the opportunity to get candidates acquainted with the Computer Based Test (CBT), neutralize their fears and anxiety, and prepare them better for the examination proper.

The mock examinations was also an opportunity for JAMB to test-run its facilities and other innovations that might have been introduced to improve efficiency, effectiveness and credibility of the examination system.

JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede who monitored the exercise in some locations confirmed that mock examination held across different CBT centres in the country, and was successful.

He said: “I did sample inspections in Lagos and Ogun State, and the turnout was impressive. We are satisfied with the level of performance. In the process, a CBT Centre, Brain Point CBT Centre in Oko-Oba, Lagos State, that could not sustain their generator was automatically delisted. I gave instructions that the candidates in the Centre should be refunded their full money.

“We had assured CBT Centres of our support, and that was why we allowed the Centres to collect up to N1,000 instead on the earlier N700, so they can continue to give their best to the candidates. Some of the institutions especially tertiary institutions need to keep up and maintain their facilities because some of them are substandard.

“But we are happy with the general performance of the examination and we urge all students to make sure that they learn from the lesson of the mock examination which is to test their ability. In the two states I visited, the Centres worked very well. We only urged stakeholders to learn from the mock examination.

“175, 000 candidates sat for the examination. We limited the number because we do not want to do more than one session across the country.”

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UTME Applicants Protest Registration Closure, Call for Extension

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Some Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME applicants in Ibadan have staged a peaceful protest at Radio Nigeria Dugbe, Ibadan.

The UTME candidates who were protesting the delay in the release of their profile code and the closure of e- pin and UTME registration chanted solidarity songs over their predicament.


Three of the applicants, Maxwell Obi, Precious Nwamako and  Okoro Joshua said prior to the registration deadline given by the joint admissions and matriculation board, jamb,  several efforts were made to generate both the profile code and e-pin which they said cost them between 5,000naira and 6,000naira.


They appealed to the federal government to extend the UTME registration deadline to enable them to participate in the 2022 matriculation examination.

Reacting to the development, Jamb Spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin said the registration for UTME has closed adding that several campaigns and conferences were held to notify members of the public of the resolve of jamb not to extend the registration.

Dr. Benjamin advised the affected candidate to always comply with JAMB registration guidelines.

 Rotimi Famakin

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JAMB Registers 1.8m Candidates for 2022 UTME

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it has registered over 1,837,011 candidates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME).

This is contained in the Board’s weekly news bulletin released by the Head, Public Relations and Protocol Dr Fabian Benjamin on Monday in Abuja.

“A total of 1,837,011 candidates registered as at Saturday, 26th March, 2022,” JAMB said.

The figure is above the total number of candidates registered in 2021, when over 1,338,687 candidates were registered for the annual matriculation examination.

The registration for this year’s examination was held between February 19 and ended March 26, 2022.

Punch/Adetule

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No going back on deadline for Registration – JAMB

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has made it known that it would not extend its registration of students who would be sitting for the examination beyond Saturday, March 26.

The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar on Monday, in Abuja.

JAMB said the sale of e-PINs for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) which commenced on Feb. 19, to end on Saturday, March 26, would not attract any extension.

” This emphasis is essential because of the persistent drop in the number of e-PINs being vended, as well as the low turnout of candidates at the various centres across the nation.

” It would be recalled that the board had stated that it would not extend the registration beyond the window allotted to it by relevant authorities to conduct the exercise.

” As discussed earlier, registration dates are not fixed arbitrarily but through a consensus of the Federal Ministry of Education and examination agencies, before the commencement of the exercise.

” Therefore, all candidates who desired to register for this year’s examination are to do so immediately, as they only have this week and no extension would be granted after close of registration, ” JAMB stated.

The board, however, said that it had so far registered 1, 512, 739 candidates as at Saturday, March 19.

It added that it had also, remitted N261, 992, 200 to accredited Computer Based Tests (CBT) centres and the N700 accumulated service charge for the fourth week of the exercise.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the board had earlier introduced a cashless policy and directed all candidates to pay the N700 service charge to the e-PIN vendors, alongside the N3,500 application fees.

JAMB said that the cashless policy was introduced to curb the excess of some fraudulent CBT centres, who would want to take advantage of hapless candidates.

It promised, however, to remit to the centres, the accumulated N700 service charge on a weekly basis, proportional to the number of candidates they registered.

In a similar development, the board said that it had suspended two financial institutions who were also vendors in its ongoing exercise.

JAMB said that the vendors were also blacklisted for allowing their agents to vend UTME e-PINs to candidates, above the stipulated price of N4,700 cost of registration.

The board said that, besides blacklisting the vendors, it would retrieve the details of the agents for prosecution.

It would also report their illicit act to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, to ensure extorted candidates were fully refunded.

The Guardian/Kupoluyi

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JAMB Raises Alarm, No Sale Of UTME, DE Forms Yet

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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it has not commenced the sale of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, and Direct Entry, DE, application documents.

In a statement, on Thursday, the Spokesperson of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, said that the attention of the Board was drawn to the activities of those he described as unwholesome elements who had been misleading the general public on the purported commencement of the sale of 2022 UTME and Direct Entry, DE, application forms.

He further said that “For the avoidance of doubt, any information in circulation purporting to have emanated from the Board to the effect that sale of the 2022 UTME and DE forms has commenced, is not only fraudulent but is a calculated attempt by mischief makers to create unnecessary panic among prospective candidates for their own selfish ends.”

In recent times, there had been alleged circulation of stories which the concerned described as an attempt to heat up the polity.

For instance, on Wednesday, the speaker,Osun state house of assembly, Mr Timothy Owoeye, had in a statement described as unfounded and malicious a write-up circulating online which alleged the state government of trying to abandon Ilesa water projects like other projects abandoned by past administrations.

Also on Thursday, former governor of the Oyo state, high chief Rasheed Ladoja had said, those trying to read meaning to his absence at the meeting of the Olubadan in the council, where plans were perfected on the documentation process for the next Olubadan of Ibadanland, were only trying to cause tension in the society.“There is no controversy about it. Egbon Lekan Balogun is the most senior in our line and so he is the next in line to the throne. For those asking, my ‘body and mouth language’ is that Egbon Lekan is my senior and he is next in line to the Olubadan stool’. Ladoja said.

Guardian/Taiwo Akinola

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2021 UTME Commences In Ogun

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The 2021 Computer Based Test of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has commenced in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

The examination which was monitored in some CBT centres across Abeokuta including the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ojere, Magbon, South West Resource Center both at Oke Mosan and at Navy Secondary School, Onikoko Abeokuta, revealed that the candidates comported themselves in line with the expectations of the examination body as no issue was reported at those centres.

JAMB officials were on hand at the centres including security personnel.

Some of the some parents were also seen around the examination center waiting for their children.

Wale Oluokun

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UTME: Ondo JAMB Coordinator Commends Candidates Conduct

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The 2020/2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, which kicked-off today nationwide held in thirteen Centres in Ondo State.

Radio Nigeria reporter who monitored the exercise observed that candidates resumed early for the computer based examination in most of the Centres visited in Akure, the state capital. 

Speaking with Radio Nigeria at the FUTA Centre, Ondo State JAMB Coordinator, Mr Babajide Bamisaye, commended candidates for their good conduct before and during the examination.

Mr Bamisaye encouraged students to always study hard for their examinations in other to record resounding success.

Some of the students, Abosede Ige, Promise Lawrence and Peter Akinterinwa, who spoke with us after their examination appreciated JAMB for a smooth conduct of the exercise.  

The 2020/2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME), will end on the 4th of April.