The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed the criteria and process to be taken in the 2017 admission and also unveiling a software that will help in the process.

JAMB, in a statement signed by its Head of Public Relations, Mr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Sunday, explained that it was to ensure fairness irrespective of tribe, religion, and that it was determined to meet the expectations of Nigerians.

Benjamin revealed that the Board had held consultations with universities across the country to enable candidates meet the requirements and secure admission without the assistance of anybody.

“Do not allow yourselves to be defrauded by internet fraudsters, the policy meeting would commence the 2017 admission with all mode, process and acceptable conditions for admission.

“The Prof. Oloyede led management is working to ensure transparent, acceptable and fair admission process.

“We have designed software known as Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), where human interference will be completely removed, to promote credibility.

“The admission criteria would be keyed into the software and it will select candidates blindly according to the institutions requirement without any primordial consideration,” Benjamin stated.

This is to inform the general public that applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into 100 and 200 levels undergraduate degree programmes of the Edo University Iyamho on Full -Time basis for the 2017/18 academic session. Edo University’s Undergraduate Programmes  Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Sciences Accounting Banking and Finance Business 

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Monday said it will move candidates scheduled to write their examination at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH in Ogbomoso, to Ilorin, due to students’ protest.

The UTME candidates scheduled to use the LAUTECH campus Computer Based Test (CBT) centre were prevented from gaining access to the school to write their examination scheduled for Monday morning.

The protesting students reportedly shut the school gate by 5am after the student leaders held a meeting following ongoing crisis in the institution.

They were demanding for a comprehensive academic calendar before new students are being admitted to the school.

Reacting to the mayhem JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin told newsmen that the board was concluding arrangements to reschedule the exams for the affected candidates to Ilorin.

‘We will reschedule them. Even though it’s not our problem, it’s the school’s problem, but they are our candidates.

There is no private centre in Ogbomosho and the closest centre to Ogbomosho is Ilorin. This disruption happened today and we need to do some technical arrangements first.

‘So, no date has been fixed yet. But we are going to write the exams in Ilorin except if LAUTECH resolves the students unrest’, he added.

Registration for 2016/2017 JUPEB application form is now on sale and you can get the form as soon as possible. The Programme is a 9 month programme after which you can use the certificate to gain admission into 200 level in any course of your choice in university in Nigeria including selected universities abroad.

National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria’s IT clearinghouse and the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), Ghana’s agency responsible for implementing IT policies have agreed to collaborate on common grounds as it affects both countries IT sector.

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof Rahamon Bello, has debunked rumours that the institution has begun screening for admission.

The Presidency has disclosed that the newly launched jobs portal of the Federal Government ‘N-Power. gov.ng’ has recorded over 400,000 successful registrations since it opened for submissions of applications yesterday.

As I was saying when we began this university education question last week, I am fully persuaded that the time has come for our leaders at all levels, to renew their minds about some critical factors that will determine the future of Nigeria.

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday in Abuja announced that the orientation course for the 2016 Batch A Stream 11 corp members will start nationwide from Monday, June 13, 2016.

The Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has said the proposed stakeholders meeting on public-private participatory management of some public secondary schools in the state will still go ahead despite the opposition it has attracted from labour unions.

An Osogbo High Court has granted the prayers of female Muslim students to wear Hijab (veil) in all public primary and secondary schools in Osun.

The Lagos State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Friday said about 16,000 teachers are needed to adequately cater for government-owned primary and secondary schools in the state.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday reiterated that it would not extend the period it had slated for the sales of forms for change of course or institution this year.