•Chidoka, Sowore and Adeyanju Reactions have begun pouring in after the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) admitted today that system errors were responsible for the mass failure experienced during the recently held Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, said candidates from the Sout...
•Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa The newly sworn-in Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has abolished the 18-year admission benchmark for tertiary institutions in the country. He also hinted at the possibility of reviewing the nation’s education policy, reports The PUNCH. However, the minister stated that there would be no reversa...
•JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyode The Delta State High Court in Warri has issued an order restraining the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board from implementing its recent policy requiring a minimum admissible age of 16 years for university admissions in the country pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed aga...
Master Chinaemere Opara, has sued the Federal Ministry of Education, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National Universities Commission (NUC) over the introduction of the new admission policy. Opara, a 15-year-old Senior Secondary School (SSS) Student, filed the suit through his guardian, Mr Maxwell Opara, his father ...
The Lagos State Government has commenced the process to convert the Lagos State University College of Medicine into a full-fledged, stand-alone medical university. Recall that Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced in early January that his government would establish a medical university to enhance the state’s medical infrastr...
•UTME candidates Again, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said it would not offer admission to candidates below the age of 16 years in its 2024/2025 admission session. The board which vowed to enforce the directive of the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman that candidates below the age of 16 should not […]
•Lola (left) stands with her husband, Samson, and children David, 8, and Daniel, 3 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has asked Nigerian student Lola Akinlade to leave the country over a fake acceptance letter she used to obtain a study visa and work permit. Akinlade, who graduated with a diploma in Social Services from Nova [&hellip...
•Prof Ishaq Oloyede The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied setting cut-off marks for admissions into higher institutions across the country. In a statement posted on its official X account yesterday, the Board dismissed reports that it had set 140 as cut-off marks for universities, and 100 for polytechnics respectively. ...
•Prof Tahir Mamman The Education Minister Prof Tahir Mamman, has made a U-turn in his earlier statement, where he directed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to admit only candidates who have attained 18 years in tertiary institutions. Mamman today, in an ongoing policy meeting organised by JAMB, in Abuja, announced that only ...
•Prof. Tahir Mamman Stakeholders and attendees at the ongoing policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, are protesting as the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, declared that only candidates who have attained the age of 18 would henceforth be given admission into tertiary institutions in the country. Mamman,...
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