The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced an adjustment of the final assessment date for underage candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to the Board, the decision was prompted by the failure of 23 out of the 71 universities selected by the affected candidates to submit their
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2025 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE). Announcing the results at its headquarters, NECO said 1,367,210 candidates registered nationwide, including 1,622 with special needs. A total of 818,492 candidates, representing 60.26%, obtained five credits, including Mathematics and English – the minimum requirement for admission into
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) Special Committee on Examination Infractions (SCEI) has recommended a three-year ban, prosecution and result cancellation for candidates and collaborators involved in examination malpractice. The recommendations followed investigations into widespread high-tech fraud uncovered during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The SCEI, inaugurated on August 18, 2025, submitted
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has activated its Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) for the 2025/2026 admission exercise. Through the portal, candidates can now monitor their admission status and respond once an offer is made. According to JAMB, once an applicant has been offered admission, they are required to either accept or reject
Hundreds of universities, polytechnics, and colleges across Nigeria have begun releasing their admission lists for the 2025/2026 academic session. The announcements aim to guide candidates on the status of their applications and ensure transparency in the admissions process. According to information from multiple institutions, students are advised to check their admission status through the Joint
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has extended registration for the Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2025 Second Series. According to a post on its official X handle, the new closing date is now on Friday, September 19, 2025. “The registration period for CB-WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2025–Second Series
Laolu Akande, a former presidential media aide, has backed calls for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to raise its cut-off mark for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Akande stated this in an interview on Thursday, arguing that Nigeria must re-establish the prominence of merit in education to keep pace with global standards
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that parents are responsible for more than 80% of examination malpractice cases in Nigeria. Jake Epelle, chairman of JAMB’s Special Committee on Examination Infractions, told Arise Television’s The Morning programme that parents play a significant role in fueling malpractice, which he said is damaging the country’s
A Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) committee has uncovered a large-scale cheating scandal involving 6,319 candidates in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Presenting its report in Abuja on Monday, the committee, chaired by Dr Jake Epelle, said the malpractice was sophisticated and enabled by technology. It documented 4,251 cases of “finger blending”,
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has outlined key facilities schools must provide ahead of the complete migration of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination to computer-based testing (CBT) by 2026. During a sensitisation programme in Port Harcourt recently, Head of Examinations, WAEC, Mr Lucky Njoagwuani, said schools must put in place a minimum
