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Network Failure Mars 2020 UTME, Destroy Students' Hopes

Network Failure Mars 2020 UTME, Destroy Students’ Hopes

March 15, 2020 6:23 am

Power and network failures reportedly marred commencement of the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Saturday in some centres in Lagos and Abuja.

According to reports, some candidates in a few Computer-Based Test centres in Lagos State, scheduled for 7am, were unable to take the exam until 1pm, and when they were called in to commence the exam, their computers reportedly went off after writing just two or three papers.

The newspaper learnt that the Virtual Private Network, which transmits the questions from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, failed in a handful of those centres, leading to anxiety …

Candidates React As JAMB Starts 2020 UTME

Candidates React As JAMB Starts 2020 UTME

March 14, 2020 11:16 am

Some candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have expressed optimism in the conduct and outcome of the 2020 exercise.

The candidates spoke in separate interviews with NAN in Abuja on Saturday.

JAMB had earlier scheduled the examination to commence from March 14 to April 4 in its over 600 accredited Computer Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide.

Roseline Abeh, a candidate at the JAMB/UTME CBT centre in Kogo, Bwari, said she was sure to do her best since she had acquired all necessary knowledge especially the use of a computer.

She said she was sitting for the examinations for …

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2020 UTME: Police Arrest Four Agents Over JAMB Form Fraud

January 20, 2020 2:23 pm
Four agents of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have been arrested by the examination body.

They were arrested for selling the ePINS for the ongoing 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Direct Entry (DE) registrations above the stipulated amount.

The suspects were identified as Abdulrazak Adiza, Mathew Joe, Obekee Godday and Inyang Patrick.

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JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin who confirmed the arrest in a statement said the cost of the ePINs is N3500 while that of the reading text is N500.

He added that any

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2020 UTME: Reactions Trail Suspension Of NIN Requirement

January 11, 2020 1:25 pm
Some candidates from Badagry who were preparing for the forthcoming 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) expressed joy on Saturday as JAMB suspended the National Identification Number ( NIN) registration.

 

They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that it was a welcome development.

Mr Felix Godonu, a parent said that the suspension was prompt and a welcome development.

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“This will save the time during which students queue for the collection of NIN which has also given room for extortion from the students.

“The stress that

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2019 UTME: JAMB begins biometric verification of candidates

May 5, 2019 9:41 pm

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has begun the biometric verification of the 1.8 candidates who sat for this year’s unified tertiary matriculation examination, it was learnt yesterday.

It was further learnt that the exercise embarked upon by the board, was responsible for the delay in releasing the UTME results conducted from April 11 to April 18.

The board has already carried out biometric verification of candidates in 31 states.

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UTME: 50 exam contractors arrested

April 16, 2019 1:35 am

FIFTY professional examination writers have been arrested in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said yesterday.

The board said the impostors were arrested nationwide following its intelligence gathering mechanism.

JAMB’s spokesperson Fabian Benjamin made the revelation in the agency’s weekly bulletin.

Fabian identified some of the professional examination writers as Masters’ degree holders, postgraduate and undergraduate students of various tertiary institutions in the country.

He said the professional writers connived with owners and operators of Computer Based Test Centres (CBTs) to carry out the crime by engaging in multiple registrations where the
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