Over 80% Candidate-Suspected Impersonators Fail to Show Up for UTME Resit -JAMB

Over 80% Candidate-Suspected Impersonators Fail to Show Up for UTME Resit -JAMB

By Toffa Momoh The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said more than 80 percent of the 98,232 candidates eligible for Saturday’s nationwide mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) failed to appear, attributing the development to intensified security measures targeting impersonators and exam cheats. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who monitored the exercise at the Technology CBT Centre in NAF Valley Estate, Abuja, told journalists that turnout was alarmingly […]

June 28, 2025 19

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BREAKING: JAMB Admits Errors in 2025 UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has admitted to errors that adversely affected the performance of candidates in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board’s Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, made the disclosure during a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja. A visibly teary Oloyede apologised to candidates and their families, saying the board regrets the trauma caused. He admitted that lapses attributed to staff negligence, had impacted […]

May 15, 2025 11

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Reps back ban on under-18 SSCE, UTME candidates

The recent decision by the Federal Government to peg the minimum age for candidates sitting for the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination may have come to stay, the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education has said. The Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, had in July stated that with effect from 2025, any candidate below the age of 18 will not be allowed to sit the SSSCE and without […]

September 6, 2024 19

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Concerns rise over teaching as over nine million fail UTME in seven years

The poor performance of students at the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination has raised concerns over system issues like unqualified teachers dotting the educational landscape, ‘LAOLU AFOLABI writes About 9.17 million out of a total of 11.9 million candidates who sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board between 2018 and 2024 scored below 200 pass mark. As the average failure rate in the seven years stands at […]

June 11, 2024 20

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