In JAMB News Today, Brand News Day Nigeria has compiled the JAMB News Update headlinesfor Today, Friday, February 18, 2022, for guardians and prospects willing to be up-to-date on JAMB news.
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The board, in a statement, Tuesday, by its Head of Media and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said the registration will now start on February 19, instead of February 12 it had earlier fixed.
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“The commencement of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) Registration exercise earlier scheduled for Saturday, 12th February 2022, has now been postponed to Saturday, 19th February 2022 and to end on Saturday, 26th March 2022,” it announced in the statement.
According to JAMB,” The one-week postponement is to allow for more fine-tuning of the upgraded and more user-friendly procedures for candidates’ registration. The process, which will be concluded within the one-week extension period, is also aimed at accommodating feedback from candidates and other stakeholders alike.”
JAMB Introduces Centres Students Can Register Themselves In Abuja, Lagos, Adds JAMB WhatsApp Group, you can access the details below.
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced plans to introduce self-service registration centres in Abuja and Lagos and JAMB WhatsApp Group to leverage the digital competence of its computer-savvy candidates.
Brand News Day Nigeria reports that JAMBmade this disclosure in the JAMB Weekly Bulletin from the Office of the Registrar, on Monday, February 7, 2022, in Abuja as obtained by this website.
The examination body said that the new system is expected to, in the long run, reduce crowds at its accredited Computer-Based Tests (CBT) Centres in both Lagos State and FCT Abuja.
JAMB pointed out that the conception of this noble idea is to, besides advancing Jthe digital competence of candidates who feel they can do the registration on their own, expand the registration access points, in line with the extant federal government’s Covid-19 protocols.
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It also states that the service provider, Bankfort, has expressed optimism about the immense potential of the seamless registration mode, stating that it is the norm rather than the exception in more developed climes.
Brand News Day Nigeria reports that the President of the union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, after announcing a four-week strike action beginning from February 14, lamented that the autonomy of universities is under increasing threat by the meddlesome activities of JAMB in admission processes and regulation of academic activities in the Nigerian university system.
Prof. Osodeke pointed out that it is the prerogative and responsibility of each university’s senate to superintend over all academic matters in the university, including setting the admission requirements and approval of university undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.