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  • NUT to JAMB: release results of candidates found innocent

    Nigerian Union of Teachers(NUT) has appealed to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to release the results of the candidates who were not involved in examination malpractices during the 2019 UTME’s examinations.

    Its chairman for Lagos State wing, Mr Adesina Adedoyin, made the appeal on Tuesday in Lagos in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

    The union said the release should be for candidates who wrote the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) and were found to be innocent.

    He said that the examination body should sieve the chaff from the grain as quickly as possible.

    Adedoyin said that the level of malpractice in the conduct of the 2019 UTME was as a result of the societal problems confronting the country, which included corruption.

     “The delay in releasing the results is going to affect the innocent students negatively.

     “Those that did not cheat during the examinations should not be punished for the offences they did not commit.

     “By the time JAMB will ask them to come and re-write the examination, they may not perform better as they did earlier,” he said.

    He also alleged that those who supervised and those who conducted the examinations were part of the problem.

    The NUT chairman wondered why they could not apprehend those who cheated while the examinations were ongoing then.

    According to him, malpractice cannot be done without any inducement.

    Adedoyin also said that some parents would always do anything to make sure that their children passed any examinations.

     “To those who offered inducements then, it was a bad act; and to those who received, it was also a very bad act.

     “They are parts of those creating problems for our system because they are part of the Nigeria society,” he said.

    Adedoyin also faulted JAMB’s policy and guidelines which stated that if the number of candidates that cheated in an examination was more than the number of candidates that failed, then the examination should be cancelled.

    He also condemned the policy that stated that another examination should be conducted in such a centre.

    The NUT chairman said that such a policy was anti-people and should be abolished.

     “Unfortunately, there is nothing anybody can do since it is JAMB’s policy, but I must say that the policy is anti-people.

     “The examination body should have sieved the chaff from the grain. It should have identified the culprits and bring them to book.’’

    Adedoyin said that if those found wanting would be allowed to rewrite the examinations, then the results of candidates who were innocent should be released.

    The NUT chairman said that the adoption of Computer Based Testing (CBT) mode by JAMB had not assisted in reducing cheating during its examinations.

    He said that the mode which was introduced with the aim of reducing cheating and examination malpractices among candidates appeared to be failing and not so effective.

    He said that meant that the examinations conducted using CBT were flawed in validity and reliability.

     “The incident with the 2019 UTME implies that the validity and reliability of that examination must be put to test.

     “If there was cheating as being alleged in the last UTME examination that adopted the CBT mode, despite the cameras and the software JAMB installed, then people will gradually be losing confidence in its efficiency,” he said.

  • UTME results: JAMB server did not crash – spokesman

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says its server did not crash and results of candidates who participated in its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are  intact.

    The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos.

    Benjamin reacted to speculations in some quarters that the board issued a press statement, explaining that the release of the UTME results was being delayed because its server crashed and that candidates should prepare for another examination.

    ”We want to distance ourselves from such malicious and wicked rumours by fraudulent persons, as there is no truth in them.

    ”We did not issue any press statement concerning crashing of server. All these are antics of desperate persons trying to cause panic and confusion among candidates and the general public.

    ”We are not going to succumb to such rumours as we remain focused in ensuring that we achieve what we have set out to do.

    ”After the examination, the board embarked on a screening to determine any form of examination malpractice and infractions by both candidates and examination centres. This is what has been delaying the release of the results,” he told NAN.

    The official said that the board had almost completed the screening and would soon release results of deserving candidates.

    ”What we are trying to do is to ensure that innocent persons are not punished, but I can assure you that we are going to punish all those found wanting,” he said.

    Benjamin appealed to Nigerians to believe in the board’s ability to rid of what he described as ‘criminal elements’

    According to him, Nigerians should appreciate what the board is doing as it is for the benefit of the Nigerian child and the national large.

    ”We want to correct so many things might have been taken for granted in the past.

    ”When fraudulent individuals get away with their mischievous acts, it is because the society is in a hurry to run to a conclusion, not mindful of the fact that certain acts should be pursued painstakingly to a logical conclusion.

    ”I want to let you know that the board has secured conviction of some UTME fraud suspects in Kebbi.

    ”Therefore, we equally want to seize this opportunity to thank the judiciary for doing a good job, as we urge others to key into what has been achieved in Kebbi in an  effort to get rid of fraudulent persons and sanitise the system,” he said.

    Benjamin urged candidates to be calm and wait for their results to be released soon.

    ”I want to urge candidates not to entertain any fear. Their results are intact,” he said.

  • FG slashes JAMB, NECO, SSCE exams fees 

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday reduced the examination registration fees for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Senior Secondary and Basic Education Certificate.

    This was disclosed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu at the end of the FEC meeting.

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    He said that the JAMB fee for the UTME will reduce from N5, 000 to N3, 500, the Senior Secondary School fee charge by NECO will reduce from N11, 350 to N9, 850 and the Basic Education certificate by NECO will reduce from N5, 500 to N4, 000.

    According to him the new charges would become effective from January, 2019.

    Noting that most of the past high examination fees were unnecessary, he said that they were siphoned into private pockets.

    He also pointed out that the agency is not a revenue generating agency and its focus should not be to generate money.

    “In response to the yearnings by parents, the President directed the Ministry to look into it.” He said

    The Minister also said that the reduced fees have nothing to do with the forthcoming general elections.

  • 2018 UTME: Candidates applaud JAMB for hitch-free exercise

    As the conduct of the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ( UTME ) enters the third day, candidates have applauded the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board ( JAMB ) for a hitch-free examination.

    The candidates spoke in separate interviews with our reporter in Abuja on Monday

    Miss Joy Ezinne, at the Skylimit, CBT Centre, Mararaba, said she was pleased with the exam as the examination was conducted under a smooth atmosphere.

    Ezinne said that the network was fast and did not experience incident of power failure throughout the examination.

    She added that operators at the centre were cooperative and attended to as many candidates that needed their attention.

    Also, Master Olugbenga Ibikunle, Central Business Area, Abuja, said the examination went well without any problem.

    Ibikunke, who compared the 2017 conduct with the 2018 examination said this year’s exercise was better off.

    “I sat for the examination last year, but if I am to compare, I think it us better conducted this year than last year.

    “There was no problem with internet facility in my centre, I enjoyed writing the exam now and hope JAMB will continue in this trend”.

    In a similar development, Master Izuchukwu Onuegbu at Kabal CBT Centre, Masaka, Nasarawa state, said there was no internet problem at the centre, and called on JAMB to sustain it.

    According to him, if all examination would be conducted in this manner, then you can be rest assured that many students would go home smiling and praising JAMB.

    Mr Emeka Wanaka, Coordinator, Global Distance Learning Institute, Abuja, also told us that the examination was smooth.

    He revealed that no hiccup was recorded since the commencement of the exercise.

    He said that the mock examination had provided leverage for the centre to be able to coordinate the examination.

    “Most of the issues encountered during the mock exam have been addressed and resolved.

    “There is a general network that enables JAMB to monitor the centre from their office.

    “JAMB has a very good response interaction and with this we are able to reduce to the barest minimum hitches in the examination”.

    He added that the centre only takes 200 candidates per session and 600 candidates a day, which was the reason for a coordinated exams.

    At the Digital Bridge Institute, our correspondent, who visited the centre reports that the exercise was conducted smoothly.

    There was tight security from the gate  and candidates were thoroughly searched to ensure they did not go in with any prohibited items.
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    Civil defence personnel were also on ground to ensure adequate security during the conduct of the examination.

    An official of the institute, who spoke with our reporter on condition of anonymity, said three sessions comprising of 250 candidates per session were writing the examination each day at the centre ‎.

    He said the first session started a few minutes past 7 a.m. and each session would last for two hours.

    Some candidates, who spoke with our reporter said the exercise was smooth and they did not have any problems.

    NAN

  • Ganduje approves N45.7m for JAMB registration of 5000 candidates in 2018

    Ganduje approves N45.7m for JAMB registration of 5000 candidates in 2018

    Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has approved the sum of N45.7 million for the purchase of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board ( JAMB ) forms, screening and registration of 5, 000 students who are billed to sit for the examination in 2018.

    Briefing Reporters on the outcome of the state weekly executive council meeting yesterday, the state Commissioner for Information, Internal Affairs, Youths and Culture, Comrade Muhammad Garba, said out of the figure, N18 million was set aside for screening, training and registration of the students.

    He further stated that the sum of N15, 640, 000 was also approved for 1120 students of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso College of Advanced Remedial studies for their registration, training and screening for the 2018 IJMB extermination.

    He said the Council also approved the sum of N19, 24, 000 for another set of 1, 545 students to register and sit for the IJMB extermination.

    According Garba, the Council also approved the sum of N35, 7, 543.00 for the hosting of the first matriculation ceremony of the state-owned Yusuf Maitama Sule University coming up in March this year.

    On accreditation of courses in the state-owned tertiary institutions, the Commissioner recalled that, “when we came on board in 2015, most of the courses in our tertiary institutions were not accreditated for many years. We have secured accreditation of most courses in Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudil and Kano state polytechnic.”

    He added that, “in 2016 alone we spent N161, 819, 753 for the accreditation of 51 course programmes out of which 49 of them were fully accreditated, while two courses were not fully accredited. In 2018, we have 16 new programmes in Kano state polytechnic that have been presented to the Council for verification and presentation for accreditation at the cost of N100 million.”

  • JAMB direct entry to close Sept. 15

    JAMB direct entry to close Sept. 15

    The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board ( JAMB ) says it will close the Direct Entry e-Registration portal on Sept.15.

    Dr Fabian Benjamin, the Head of Media and Information of the board, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday.

    Benjamin advised candidates yet to register to do so before the deadline, saying that there might be no postponement of the deadline.

    He also advised JAMB candidates to re-upload their ‘O’ level results in the new portal as the previous portal did not allow for the capturing of candidates level of grades.

    He also said that candidates should use the approved Computer Based Test (CBT) Centres for the exercise.

    According to him, the new portal has provided a platform for the detailed category of the West African Examination Result ( WAEC ) of candidates for proper placement.

    “The first platform that was used for the exercise does not create room for the capturing of the levels of grade such as C4, C5, C6, B1, B2, B3 and A1.

    “ You know in some schools, all these ‘O’ level grades are being considered.

    “For example, if you have B1 and another one has B3 and there is no room for separation in the platform schools may not be able to ascertain the level of grades some schools will consider the O’ level grades.

    “And the first platform just stated A, B, C, so with this new platform, there will be room for the download of the level of grades. Somebody who has B1 will stand a better chance than the person with B3.

    “So, we use this new platform to capture all those detailed categories of WAEC result so that no grade of result will be left uploaded.’’

    Benjamin, however, said that any candidate who felt that what he or she uploaded before was enough might not bother.

  • Federal university Gusau sets 170 as cut-off marks for admission

    Federal university Gusau sets 170 as cut-off marks for admission

    The Federal University Gusau (FUGUS) has announced 170 as minimum mark for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) cut-off marks for admission into the University for the 2017/2018 academic session.

    The Information Officer of the University, Malam Umar Usman disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Saturday.

    Usman said that the university management had arrived at the decision to set 170 as minimum cut-off marks after getting statistics on the candidates who applied for admission into the institution.

    The Information Officer added that the 170 was arrived at after getting a statistic that most of the candidates who applied for admission into the University scored 120 and above in their JAMB exams.

    He said the university was only given a quota to admit 1,500 students through JAMB and Direct Entry for the coming academic session.

    According to him, over 5,000 applicants applied for admission into the University.

    “If we will stick to the 120 minimum cut off marks given by the JAMB, majority of applicants who are going to attend the University’s aptitude test for the admission will not get it.

    “We decided to minimize the difficulty by raising our points to 170 so that most of those that will pay for post UTME in the university will get the admission,” he said.

    He noted that the University also run Pre-degree programme in Science, Art and Social Science based courses which would also be considered in the admission to make up the 1, 500 required students for the session.

    Usman said the university is soliciting more assistance from well-to-do individuals and private organisations to provide more infrastructure that would make JAMB increase the quota given to the institution.

    He said that for the admission quota to be increased there must be adequate structures and facilities in place.

    NAN reports that JAMB had on Tuesday announced 120 as cut-off marks for admission into Nigerian Universities for the 2017/2018 session while 100 marks was for Colleges of Education and Polytechnics.

  • Admission processes for 2017/2018 commence on Sept.15 – JAMB

    Admission processes for 2017/2018 commence on Sept.15 – JAMB

    The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the admission processes for 2017/2018 will commence on Sept.15 and close on Jan.31, 2018.

    The Head of JAMB Information and Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bwari, Abuja, on Friday.

    Benjamin said that the direct entry applications for admission would close Sept. 15.

    He explained that students could only secure admission after they might have passed through the rudiments of admission processes.

    “We have come up with Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) this year.

    “This entails that once candidates are admitted and the institution approves, then JAMB will approve, the information about the candidates will be keyed into CAPS automatically.

    “Candidates can monitor their admission process through CAPS online and those who want to get admission letter can do so by printing such online.’’

    According to him, CAPS will make record gathering easy and give easy access to students to print their admission letters among other things.

    “What we are trying to do now is that we are looking at the perimeter realistically; we decided to come up with new strategy aimed at ensuring the actual data.

    In a related development, Benjamin told NAN that the 120 minimum cut-off mark would not in any way affect the nation’s educational standard negatively as being alleged by some people.

    He said that the issue of the 120 cut-off mark was a policy of heads of tertiary institutions across the country, being the outcome of their policy meeting recently.

    “The cut off mark was not the decision of JAMB, but the heads of tertiary institutions at the policy meeting.

    “They decided that their institutions should be allowed to determine their own cut-off point based on their own peculiarities, but nobody for whatever reason should go below 120.

    Benjamin explained that the sustenance of post UTME was a ministerial decision.

    According to him, we are not opposed to the directive, we see nothing wrong with it, and our interest is to ensure that the goal of admission is achieved.

    “What we are all doing is to ensure that the power given to tertiary institutions is based on policies which established them.’’

    According to him, the important thing is for tertiary institutions to do what is right.

    He noted that most tertiary institutions did not comply with the previous 180 cut-off mark that was given last year.

  • Inadequate funding our major challenge – AFIT Commandant

    Inadequate funding our major challenge – AFIT Commandant

    ….wants speedy harmonization of AFIT bill to function to capacity

     

    Commandant Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Air Vice Marshal Ishiaka Bukar has pointed out inadequate funding as the major challenge hindering the Institute from functioning to capacity as contained in its master plan several years after.

    AFIT was established about 46 years ago to train personnel for technical needs of aviation industry and other technological driven establishments within and outside Nigerian shores and it has since trained over 5,000 who were majorly admitted through Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

    Briefing the newsmen in Kaduna ahead of the Institute’s 46th convocation ceremony in Kaduna, the Commandant said, the passage of the AFIT bill will open doors of several opportunities for the institute including adequate funding and marketing of its exclusive technological breakthroughs to international communities.

    He said, “our major challenge is inadequate funding to operate appropriately. As I said in my address, our only source of funding is the Nigerian Air Force and they have enough on their hand that they cannot provide all we needed to run our activities even the master plan has not been fully implemented due to dwindling funding.

    “So the highest challenge we have here in AFIT is inadequate resources which will help us to put more infrastructure and equipment needed for researches in place for optimum service delivery. We have not been able to employ both civilian and military expertise in some of our technical departments due insufficient funding.

    “And this is one of the reasons we are clamouring for speedy passage of AFIT bill by the joint chambers of National Assembly and subsequent assenting to by Mr President. And we know that both chambers have passed the bill and all needed is for them to harmonize it and present it to Mr. President for his assent. If that is done, the institute will now be among the institutions being supported by Federal Government through TetFund and other relevance agencies.

    “We have recorded numbers of achievements in the Institute which I have come to consolidate on. So, we will be able to do more if the Institute is eventually made autonomous”, he added.

    The commandant however added that, all their programmes are accredited by the relevant regulatory agencies such as NBTE, NUC, COREN among others and open to qualified members of the public through JAMB while those seeking Higher National Diploma can apply for direct entry. Civilian graduates he added that, are unfailingly mobilized for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

    A total of 243 students, comprising officers and men of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, and the Nigerian Air Force as well as civilians will be graduating on the 28 July, 2017 from about 15 programmes conducted by the Institute.

     

  • JAMB begins sales of 2017 Direct Entry, foreign candidates’ forms July 10 – Official

    JAMB begins sales of 2017 Direct Entry, foreign candidates’ forms July 10 – Official

    The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will begin the sale of the 2017 Direct Entry forms and registration of foreign candidates on July 10.

    JAMB’s Head of Public Relations Fabian Benjamin made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bwari, FCT, on Monday.

    Benjamin said the process of registration for the Direct Entry was spelt out in the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

    He said that candidates for the Direct Entry were expected to have Advanced Level, Diploma or its equivalent, while foreign candidates must possess proof of residency abroad.

    “For the foreign candidates to be eligible to write examination in a foreign centre, you must have stayed in the foreign country for at least a minimum of six months.

    “You must have schooled there, you must have had your secondary education there; you must show evidence of having stayed there for period of six months.

    “If you have stayed in Nigeria and just fly to London to register, you are not eligible; you must have schooled or had your secondary education outside the country.

    “Not that you just finished Senior Secondary Certificate Examination in 2016, and you are rushing to the United Kingdom to go and write your examination,” Benjamin said.

    He noted that measures had been put in place to ensure that candidates who wrote the previous examination and failed were not registered in foreign countries, unless they meet the guideline.

    Benjamin explained that the Direct Entry would be sold at the same price previously pegged at N5,000, adding that the Board was yet to fix the price for application for  foreign candidates.

    “We are discussing on that, we are looking at selling the forms at $100 (N31,525.00) for Africans and $150 (N47,287.50) for non-Africans,” he said.

    He said that the JAMB Direct Entry was mainly for people who already possessed a diploma certificate and wished to do a programme in the university.