LASU adopts online screening for 2016/2017 admission

‎The Lagos State University (LASU) has commenced the admission of candidates for the 2016/2017 academic session using the online screening approach. The institution’s Vice-Chancellor (V-C), Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos that the institution had begun to use the system.

He said that candidates, who chose LASU as their first choice as directed ‎by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), would be screened online.

Fagbohun said that an online application portal had already been designed for the candidates to upload their results, certificates and other relevant data.

“The university will go online and shortlist the credentials of successful candidates, who chose LASU as their first choice, for onward transmission to JAMB.

“We are aware that our prospective students are expecting us to invite them for the screening but it will be done online and we have already started that,” he said.

Fagbohun said that there was no discord between the institution, or any other university with JAMB, as various positions were being harmonised.
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According to him, every university is complying with JAMB’s directives not to conduct the Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

“We are acting in accordance ‎with JAMB’s directive to screen the candidates’ certificates and other requirements and make our selection from there,” he said.

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JAMB clarifies 2016 admission strategy

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the recent lists forwarded to various tertiary institutions was for candidates that qualified for screening based on institutions’ capacity.

The board’s Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, made the clarification on Sunday Lagos in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

According to the statement, they are in no way the admission lists. It added that if, however, the number of candidates on such lists was not sufficient for existing vacancies, the institutions could source from the omnibus printout earlier sent to them by the board.

``The public and all tertiary institutions should note that admission will only be approved by the board after appropriate screening of the candidates by the institutions.

``The list which is made up of candidates who met the national cut-off point within the set criteria is then forwarded to the institutions,’’ it said.

The statement noted that the intention of the board was to ensure that available spaces were adequately utilised. 

(NAN)

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One JAMB Sitting Now Lasts For Three Years – Senate

The Senate Upper Chamber on Wednesday 2nd March 2016 extended the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Entrance Examination (UTME) validity period to three years from one year.

This means students who write the entrance exam in a particular year and fail to secure admission in that year can use the same result in the subsequent years up until its expiration three years after. The senate also reduced the fee payable to JAMB from N5,650 per form to 2,500 Naira.

On JAMB’s Resolution Amendment in Nov 2015

The resolutions followed the submission and consideration of the report on JAMB admission policies submitted by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, Senator Binta Masi Garba.

The Senate on November 17, 2015 adopted a resolution and directed its committee on tertiary institutions and TETFund to inquire into circumstances surrounding the new JAMB policy including allegations of favouritism as well as review of JAMB admission.

The upper chamber also said that its relevant committees should work to ensure the amendment of JAMB Act to reflect resolutions.

The new JAMB policy entails that a candidate will make a choice of one university, one polytechnic and one college of education and then sit for a computer based test (CBT) to gain admission into any tertiary institution in the country.

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NUT opposes JAMB cut-off mark

The Nigeria Union of Teachers has said it is strongly opposed to the current admission policy which pegged Joint Admission Matriculation Board cut-off marks for students seeking admission into universities at 180 and above while those for Polytechnics and Colleges of Education was put at 150 and above.

The union described the policy as highly discriminatory and “calculated at demeaning and lowering the professional status of teachers with its concomitant negative effect on the attainment of quality education in the country.”

A statement by the NUT Secretary-General, Obong Obong on Tuesday in Abuja, said the policy is a great disservice to the education sector as it placed the best brains and students of distinction in other courses while those with lower grades were pushed into teaching.

The association called for an immediate reversal of the policy, stressing that the government must henceforth ensure that only brilliant students are admitted for training as teachers in all educational institutions in the county.

It said, “This is the practice in most advanced and developed countries, where it is considered that a teacher’s ability to disseminate knowledge to students is dependent on his sound intellectual capability.

“This is how government deliberately source for people with lower educational content to become teachers only to turn around and blame them for poor delivery. If this is allowed to stand, government should take full responsibility for the resultant shortcomings that may be observed in our educational institutions in future from those teachers.”

The statement noted that the nation still have in abundance very brilliant and effective teachers in service who it said should be nurtured for effective service delivery. This, the NUT added, was the reason it had been calling for the raising of the retirement age of teachers in primary and secondary schools to 65 years in order to tap maximally from “their fountain of knowledge.”

With such experienced teachers retained in service in primary and secondary schools, the union said young teachers would be able to fall back on them for mentoring. It said, “We however wish to warn that the teaching profession must not be made an all-comers affair.

“The glorious old days of sound educational delivery cannot be reenacted by lowering admission standard for student teachers. The government must immediately address this abnormally in order to address the continuous decline in the quality of education.”

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NUT opposes JAMB cut-off mark

The Nigeria Union of Teachers has said it is strongly opposed to the current admission policy which pegged Joint Admission Matriculation Board cut-off marks for students seeking admission into universities at 180 and above while those for Polytechnics and Colleges of Education was put at 150 and above.

The union described the policy as highly discriminatory and “calculated at demeaning and lowering the professional status of teachers with its concomitant negative effect on the attainment of quality education in the country.”

A statement by the NUT Secretary-General, Obong Obong on Tuesday in Abuja, said the policy is a great disservice to the education sector as it placed the best brains and students of distinction in other courses while those with lower grades were pushed into teaching.

The association called for an immediate reversal of the policy, stressing that the government must henceforth ensure that only brilliant students are admitted for training as teachers in all educational institutions in the county.

It said, “This is the practice in most advanced and developed countries, where it is considered that a teacher’s ability to disseminate knowledge to students is dependent on his sound intellectual capability.

“This is how government deliberately source for people with lower educational content to become teachers only to turn around and blame them for poor delivery. If this is allowed to stand, government should take full responsibility for the resultant shortcomings that may be observed in our educational institutions in future from those teachers.”

The statement noted that the nation still have in abundance very brilliant and effective teachers in service who it said should be nurtured for effective service delivery. This, the NUT added, was the reason it had been calling for the raising of the retirement age of teachers in primary and secondary schools to 65 years in order to tap maximally from “their fountain of knowledge.”

With such experienced teachers retained in service in primary and secondary schools, the union said young teachers would be able to fall back on them for mentoring. It said, “We however wish to warn that the teaching profession must not be made an all-comers affair.

“The glorious old days of sound educational delivery cannot be reenacted by lowering admission standard for student teachers. The government must immediately address this abnormally in order to address the continuous decline in the quality of education.”

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JAMB to re-distribute candidates with cut-off mark issues to other universities

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says it is set to re-distribute candidates with cut-off marks less than what their first choice of universities required to needy institutions. This is contained in a statement signed by the Head, Media and Publicity of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, and made available to newsmen on Sunday in Lagos.

It said that the recent admission policy witnessed at the University of Lagos was aimed at ensuring that Nigerian universities admit only the top-best as was done globally. It would be recalled that candidates and their parents had on Wednesday, July 22, staged a peaceful protest at the University of Lagos gate over the high cut-off marks for 2015/2016 post-UTME screening.

“Sequel to this development, the board has redistributed the other candidates with cut-off marks less than what their first choice required to needy institutions.

“The board, equally, urges candidates and their parents to check its website from Friday, July 31, 2015 for their names and institutions they are placed in,’’ the statement said.

According to the statement, universities are centres of excellence anywhere in the world and that of Nigeria should not be an exception. It said that JAMB was working round the clock to ensure that Nigerian universities were among the best in Africa and perhaps the world in the next ranking.

The statement explained that the board was also cautious about utilizing the available spaces in admitting more candidates bearing in mind the admission criteria of various needy institutions.

“The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated that the national cut-off marks of 180 for universities.

“We also have 150 for Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and Innovative Enterprise institutions in the 2015 UTME as a bench mark to set the tone for 2015 admission exercise.

“The decision to have a national accepted cut-off mark at the policy meeting was to serve as a guide and pruning mechanism.

“It will also give the tertiary institutions qualitative and manageable candidates to choose from a pool of candidates desirous of tertiary education.

“However, universities and other levels of tertiary institutions are at liberty to go higher, but not lower, depending on their peculiarities and the performance of candidates that choose them,’’ it explained.

The statement added that the board wished to state that no candidate would be denied any right to aspire to tertiary education. According to the statement, the board is equally aware that some universities have their own admission cut-off marks acceptable by the board for the various courses they offered.

“Please be informed that the board will always ensure that these institutions apply this cut-off marks uniformly across all candidates without discrimination.

“The decision of the board on the print-out for this year exercise was done in good faith and not to jeopardize the right of candidates due to individual cut-off set by some Nigerian tertiary institutions.

“ Those candidates who do not meet the cut-off marks of such institutions will be placed in needy institutions within their geo-political zone depending on available spaces in such institutions.

“The board’s aim is to accommodate as many candidates as possible instead of just pushing them to schools we know abinitio does not have the carrying capacity to admit all,’’ the statement said

The statement wondered that if UNILAG; with a carrying capacity of about 9,000 candidates has over 60,000 applying to it , what happens to the over 50,000 others? It said that in such occasion, the board would ensure that there was balance by ensuring that those remaining candidates who were not too fortunate to meet the cut-off marks were also placed in other needy institutions.

According to the statement, candidates are to note that the policy is only meant to ensure that every candidate with a reasonable score of 180 and above is placed somewhere. It added that Nigerians were also urged to believe in the board as it continually strives to give the entire education system the best.

“We are not comfortable with the large number of candidates that sits for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), year in year out without gaining admission.

“It is the belief of the board that this policy will address the shortfall and accommodate more,” the statement said.

(NAN)

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JAMB to re-distribute candidates with cut-off mark issues to other universities

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says it is set to re-distribute candidates with cut-off marks less than what their first choice of universities required to needy institutions. This is contained in a statement signed by the Head, Media and Publicity of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, and made available to newsmen on Sunday in Lagos.

It said that the recent admission policy witnessed at the University of Lagos was aimed at ensuring that Nigerian universities admit only the top-best as was done globally. It would be recalled that candidates and their parents had on Wednesday, July 22, staged a peaceful protest at the University of Lagos gate over the high cut-off marks for 2015/2016 post-UTME screening.

“Sequel to this development, the board has redistributed the other candidates with cut-off marks less than what their first choice required to needy institutions.

“The board, equally, urges candidates and their parents to check its website from Friday, July 31, 2015 for their names and institutions they are placed in,’’ the statement said.

According to the statement, universities are centres of excellence anywhere in the world and that of Nigeria should not be an exception. It said that JAMB was working round the clock to ensure that Nigerian universities were among the best in Africa and perhaps the world in the next ranking.

The statement explained that the board was also cautious about utilizing the available spaces in admitting more candidates bearing in mind the admission criteria of various needy institutions.

“The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated that the national cut-off marks of 180 for universities.

“We also have 150 for Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and Innovative Enterprise institutions in the 2015 UTME as a bench mark to set the tone for 2015 admission exercise.

“The decision to have a national accepted cut-off mark at the policy meeting was to serve as a guide and pruning mechanism.

“It will also give the tertiary institutions qualitative and manageable candidates to choose from a pool of candidates desirous of tertiary education.

“However, universities and other levels of tertiary institutions are at liberty to go higher, but not lower, depending on their peculiarities and the performance of candidates that choose them,’’ it explained.

The statement added that the board wished to state that no candidate would be denied any right to aspire to tertiary education. According to the statement, the board is equally aware that some universities have their own admission cut-off marks acceptable by the board for the various courses they offered.

“Please be informed that the board will always ensure that these institutions apply this cut-off marks uniformly across all candidates without discrimination.

“The decision of the board on the print-out for this year exercise was done in good faith and not to jeopardize the right of candidates due to individual cut-off set by some Nigerian tertiary institutions.

“ Those candidates who do not meet the cut-off marks of such institutions will be placed in needy institutions within their geo-political zone depending on available spaces in such institutions.

“The board’s aim is to accommodate as many candidates as possible instead of just pushing them to schools we know abinitio does not have the carrying capacity to admit all,’’ the statement said

The statement wondered that if UNILAG; with a carrying capacity of about 9,000 candidates has over 60,000 applying to it , what happens to the over 50,000 others? It said that in such occasion, the board would ensure that there was balance by ensuring that those remaining candidates who were not too fortunate to meet the cut-off marks were also placed in other needy institutions.

According to the statement, candidates are to note that the policy is only meant to ensure that every candidate with a reasonable score of 180 and above is placed somewhere. It added that Nigerians were also urged to believe in the board as it continually strives to give the entire education system the best.

“We are not comfortable with the large number of candidates that sits for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), year in year out without gaining admission.

“It is the belief of the board that this policy will address the shortfall and accommodate more,” the statement said.

(NAN)

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UNILag UTME applicants storm court, tackle JAMB

Scores of placard-carrying applicants on Friday morning stormed a Federal High Court in Lagos in continuation of their protest against the alleged plan by the Registrar of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, to stop then from sitting the entrance examination into the University of Lagos for this year’s admission.

The students, who came to court in two BRT vehicles, were led by one of their lawyers, Mr. Alex Ogedengbe. As of the time of filing this report, counsel for the students had gone to the court’s registry to file a suit.

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UNILag UTME applicants storm court, tackle JAMB

Scores of placard-carrying applicants on Friday morning stormed a Federal High Court in Lagos in continuation of their protest against the alleged plan by the Registrar of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, to stop then from sitting the entrance examination into the University of Lagos for this year’s admission.

The students, who came to court in two BRT vehicles, were led by one of their lawyers, Mr. Alex Ogedengbe. As of the time of filing this report, counsel for the students had gone to the court’s registry to file a suit.

Details later. . .

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NANS rejects JAMB’s 180 cut-off mark, says it has been compromised

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Southwest zone has rejected the new cut-off mark decided upon by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). In a statement signed by Obanobi Bidemi (General Secretary) and Olatinwo Jeremiah (Public Relations Officer) of NANS Zone D it called on EFCC to probe the accounts of JAMB, noting that, it has been compromised.

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The fraudulent eligibility regulation of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been brought to the notice of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS (NANS) Southwest Nigeria Zone. It is a con game, it is malicious, mischeavous, savage, lame and nonsensical.

Over 40 million Nigerian students at home and in Diaspora want the JAMB registrar to define the word “CHOICE of INSTITUTION”. Why would I be posted to a school I never applied for? Why would I be posted to a school above my parents’/sponsors’ means.

We saw this trend coming from last year when the myopic board reduced the options of institution of choice from six to three claiming it is to save students from the fraudulent activities of tertiary institutions in the process of admitting students.

We call on the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to begin a probe into the accounts of the admission board, its registrar and top echelon as it has been paid by proprietors of private tertiary institutions hence the bastardisation of the admission exercise – a great semblance to the scandal that rocked the world football governing body, FIFA.

Nigerian students pass a vote of no confidence in the JAMB registrar and hereby call for the immediate sack of the JAMB registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde.

The mass failure recorded this year was an intentional act of the admission board so as to skew and enforce 250 as cutoff mark for public institutions and in turn send students who didn’t meet up to private institutions. NANS unequivocally rejects this.

Over five million students across the six states of the Southwest including affected students will be mobilized to the office of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board office if this policy is not reversed immediately.

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NANS rejects JAMB’s 180 cut-off mark, says it has been compromised

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Southwest zone has rejected the new cut-off mark decided upon by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). In a statement signed by Obanobi Bidemi (General Secretary) and Olatinwo Jeremiah (Public Relations Officer) of NANS Zone D it called on EFCC to probe the accounts of JAMB, noting that, it has been compromised.

Read statement below:

The fraudulent eligibility regulation of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been brought to the notice of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS (NANS) Southwest Nigeria Zone. It is a con game, it is malicious, mischeavous, savage, lame and nonsensical.

Over 40 million Nigerian students at home and in Diaspora want the JAMB registrar to define the word “CHOICE of INSTITUTION”. Why would I be posted to a school I never applied for? Why would I be posted to a school above my parents’/sponsors’ means.

We saw this trend coming from last year when the myopic board reduced the options of institution of choice from six to three claiming it is to save students from the fraudulent activities of tertiary institutions in the process of admitting students.

We call on the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to begin a probe into the accounts of the admission board, its registrar and top echelon as it has been paid by proprietors of private tertiary institutions hence the bastardisation of the admission exercise – a great semblance to the scandal that rocked the world football governing body, FIFA.

Nigerian students pass a vote of no confidence in the JAMB registrar and hereby call for the immediate sack of the JAMB registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde.

The mass failure recorded this year was an intentional act of the admission board so as to skew and enforce 250 as cutoff mark for public institutions and in turn send students who didn’t meet up to private institutions. NANS unequivocally rejects this.

Over five million students across the six states of the Southwest including affected students will be mobilized to the office of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board office if this policy is not reversed immediately.

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Parents protest in front of UNILAG over school’s 250 cut-off mark

Some aggrieved parents are currently staging a peaceful protest in front the University of Lagos main gate. Their grievance is that the school has refused to accept JAMB's approved cut-off mark of 180 for University admission. 

They are rejecting UNILAG's own cut-off mark of 250. The parents say is unacceptable, as it will disqualify their children from gaining admission into the UNILAG.

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Parents protest in front of UNILAG over school’s 250 cut-off mark

Some aggrieved parents are currently staging a peaceful protest in front the University of Lagos main gate. Their grievance is that the school has refused to accept JAMB's approved cut-off mark of 180 for University admission. 

They are rejecting UNILAG's own cut-off mark of 250. The parents say is unacceptable, as it will disqualify their children from gaining admission into the UNILAG.

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JAMB announces cut off marks for polytechnic and University admissions

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced the 2015 cutoff marks for both University and Polytechnic/Colleges of Education admissions. The cutoff mark for University admission is put at 180 while that of polytechnics and Colleges of Education admission is put at 150.
JAMB registrar, Dibu Ojerinde, announced the cutoff marks at a press conference in Abuja today July 14th.

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JAMB announces cut off marks for polytechnic and University admissions

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced the 2015 cutoff marks for both University and Polytechnic/Colleges of Education admissions. The cutoff mark for University admission is put at 180 while that of polytechnics and Colleges of Education admission is put at 150.
JAMB registrar, Dibu Ojerinde, announced the cutoff marks at a press conference in Abuja today July 14th.

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JAMB to announce cut-off marks July 14

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, will on July 14 hold its 2015 policy meeting to commence the process of 2015 admissions. The meeting, which follows conduct of the 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Computer Based Test mode, will announce the cut-off mark for admission into different courses.

A statement by the Public Relations Officer of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said “this meeting defines the criteria for the year’s admission. The cut-off point is arrived at after extensive deliberation by all stakeholders, which include Vice-Chancellors of Universities, Provosts of Colleges of Education and Rectors of Polytechnics, Monotechnics, Innovative Enterprise Institutions and other stakeholders.

“The exercise is interesting because of the success witnessed with the first full-blown Computer Based Test. The exercise has proven that our education system still has some hope. In any educational system, world over, the examination process makes the difference. “The goal of national development through education becomes like a mirage if examination bodies get it wrong. And today the Board has gotten it right.”

The spokesman added that JAMB’s CBT would also contribute largely to the crusade against corruption as the fight cannot succeed if examination malpractice continues to be in the educational system.

-DP

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JAMB to announce cut-off marks July 14

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, will on July 14 hold its 2015 policy meeting to commence the process of 2015 admissions. The meeting, which follows conduct of the 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Computer Based Test mode, will announce the cut-off mark for admission into different courses.

A statement by the Public Relations Officer of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said “this meeting defines the criteria for the year’s admission. The cut-off point is arrived at after extensive deliberation by all stakeholders, which include Vice-Chancellors of Universities, Provosts of Colleges of Education and Rectors of Polytechnics, Monotechnics, Innovative Enterprise Institutions and other stakeholders.

“The exercise is interesting because of the success witnessed with the first full-blown Computer Based Test. The exercise has proven that our education system still has some hope. In any educational system, world over, the examination process makes the difference. “The goal of national development through education becomes like a mirage if examination bodies get it wrong. And today the Board has gotten it right.”

The spokesman added that JAMB’s CBT would also contribute largely to the crusade against corruption as the fight cannot succeed if examination malpractice continues to be in the educational system.

-DP

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JAMB UTME: Over 97,000 candidates got results overnight – Prof. Dibu Ojerinde

UTME candidates writing exams

Candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) will henceforth get their results two hours after leaving the examination hall. Already, over about 97,000 candidates who sat for the exams recently have seen their scores. Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB), Prof Dibu Ojerinde, on Wednesday told newsmen during a supervision exercise that the scores were sent to the mobile phones of the candidates.
He noted that the development serves as a boost for the 100% Computer Based Test exams. For candidates who are at disadvantaged areas and can hardly operate the computer, Ojerinde said “CBT has taken two years to advance and can only get better in subsequent years”.“Don’t forget that once the candidates operate their phones, they can as well be able to operate the computer.”

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JAMB UTME: Over 97,000 candidates got results overnight – Prof. Dibu Ojerinde

UTME candidates writing exams

Candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) will henceforth get their results two hours after leaving the examination hall. Already, over about 97,000 candidates who sat for the exams recently have seen their scores. Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB), Prof Dibu Ojerinde, on Wednesday told newsmen during a supervision exercise that the scores were sent to the mobile phones of the candidates.
He noted that the development serves as a boost for the 100% Computer Based Test exams. For candidates who are at disadvantaged areas and can hardly operate the computer, Ojerinde said “CBT has taken two years to advance and can only get better in subsequent years”.“Don’t forget that once the candidates operate their phones, they can as well be able to operate the computer.”

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