2015 JAMB Forms Out For Sale

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Tuesday, 9 September, 2014,commenced the sale of 2015 application form that will usher in the full implementation of computer based test, CBT, in the 2015 universal tertiary matriculation examination, UTME.
This is according to a press release signed by the registrar of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde and made available to the media on Tuesday.
The registrar informed that candidates are expected to start purchasing their forms from Monday, 15 Septembers to Thursday, 15th January, 2015.
Professor Ojerinde, who assured candidates that the Board has fine-tuned arrangements with computer based test (CBT) centres to register prospective UTME candidates, prayed for a stress free registration exercise for candidates.

UTME: FG Pegs 180 Points for Varsities, 150 for Polys

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The federal government has pegged the cut-off points for the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to 180 for Universities and 150 for polytechnics and colleges of education.
This was decided at the 4th combined policy committee meeting on admission to tertiary institutions held in Abuja yesterday.
180 has been the cut-off point for degree awarding institutions for some time now but representatives of other institutions argued that the cut-off point for polytechnics and others be reduced to 150 in order to attract students and was accepted and adopted.
Speaking at the meeting, Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai urged youths and students to enroll themselves into the innovative enterprise institutions and engage in technical and vocational education and training to help improve the economy of the nation.
She reminded institutions to adhere strictly to the admission time-table that has been prepared by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde said by next year, the examination and its conduct would be improved upon.

Educationist Supports Scrapping Of JAMB, NECO

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An education consultant, Ike Onyechere has said that the policy of scrapping JAMB and NECO is one of the best decisions that President Goodluck Jonathan should have taken a long time ago in the education sector.