Education

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will reschedule 379,997 candidates who were affected by glitches during the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The affected candidates will receive text messages from tomorrow, Thursday, May 15, 2025, for a resit examination. The board’s registrar has issued an apology to the affected candidates and…

The 379,997 candidates in the five states of the South East and Lagos will be rescheduled for another Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq , made this known in an ongoing press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. Oloyede, who took responsibility for what he described as a “sabotage” of the…

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board on Wednesday finally admitted to errors that affected the performance of students during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede admitted to this during an ongoing press briefing in Abuja. “What should have been a moment of joy has changed due to…

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board on Wednesday finally admitted to errors which affected the performance of students during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede admitted to this during an ongoing press briefing in Abuja. “What should have been a moment of joy has changed due to…

The Chancellor of the Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership, Osita Chidoka, has commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for transparency as the board begins the review of this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The review followed widespread protest of low scores by candidates claiming past records of better performance in both…

With 36 of the 37 courses it presented for the National Universities Commission (NUC) accreditation exercise securing full accreditation and the remaining one getting interim accreditation, the University of Ilorin has again upped the ante of its Better-by-far appellation. The result of the accreditation exercise carried out in October/November 2024, which has just been released,…

We understand that many students are currently concerned about the delay in this month’s NELFUND upkeep disbursement. Based on recent developments, it appears the delay is linked to an update in the NELFUND portal system. Some students who have been receiving upkeep allowances for the past several months have noticed that the portal now reflects…

In furtherance of the commitment of the Board to achieve public confidence in its processes, especially against the backdrop of the recent outcry in some quarters following the release of the 2025 UTME results, the Management of the Board has approved the participation of educational stakeholders to be part of the review panel constituted to…

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has announced the screening process for the 2025 admission cycle for the 77 Regular Course on May 24. The academy’s public relations officer, Maj. Mohammad Maidawa, announced in a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna. Maidawa said, “The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) wishes to inform the public and specifically all applicants…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced a review of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results following a wave of “unusual complaints” from candidates after the results were released on Friday, The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Friday officially released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination to the…