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JAMB cancels results, Reschedule Late Applicants

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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board chairman, Prof Oloyede Is-haq announced at a news conference at the end of an extensive meeting held with external examiners and other stakeholders that the board after due investigations has cancelled the results of about 59,698 candidates who sat for the examination on cases of examination malpractices and other ofences. he further noted that the board has also blacklisted 48 computer based-test (CBT) centres over their involvement extortion and organized examination malpractices during the 2017 examination. in his words, the delisting of 48 centres from participating in the board's examination in future is as a result of serious technical deficiencies, extortion, organized examination malpractices and other damaging infractions. while another 24 centres were suspended for the 2018 examination. Meanwhile, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has scheduled the supplementary examination for late registrants for July ...

Taking A Gap Year Before College

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The Gap Year Although, it is closer to the truth to say that entering college immediately after graduation from high school is the unanimous choice nowadays. Inspite of the complete fusion of the "cradle-to college" mindset deeply rooted in parents and the ravenous appetite of a school leaver for same, many factors stands to delineate the underlying motive and concern of this insistence. It is far from fact and reasonable arguement that the course to study and the institution to attend are the most important either in the conscious mind of most school leavers or of that which appeal to us in nature. It is an a priori that the practical concern of many is just the certificate and the experience of what being in college entails. Instead of running the supersonic race to college with other humans,why not take a year to discover new life skills? Rational beings are those like us,whose thoughts and conducts are guided by reasons,then there seems to be a puzzling quest...

Jamb Enables Portal For Exam Slip Re-printing.

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this is a relieving news to all jambites who have not been able to print their examination slip. The Initiative team learnt that jamb, due to some technical issues could not be able to serve every candidates the reprinting link in their profile e-mail. However, jamb as an alternative has enabled the reprinting portal for candidates to print their slip Every candidates are advised to print their examination slip as soon as possible as the exam still starts on Saturday, 13th of May, 2017. Your exam date and venue can only be known through this medium and you are also required to bring the slip yo the venue of your examination. Failure to do so will forfeit your right to sit for the examination. click here to print your examination slip. Use our comment section incase of any difficulties or for further information. A team of Intiatives is always on ground to help Note that the traffic to the portal is populated now, thus it might be hard to access the link, do ensure you try ...

Jamb Re-Schedules Time-Table

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The Joint Admission and Matriculation board has changed the earlier announced date scheduled for the 2017 examination. This development came after their inability to conduct the mock examination on Saturday, April 8.The board faulted this on the to achieve a substantial rehearsal and test-running of the the new system. while assuring the the candidates of seamless and succesful examination, the board registrar, Professor Oloyede Is-haq told newsmen in na brief press release that the mock examination was to trial-test the readiness of the available facilities and adress the challenges that may likely confront the main examination. The board also made it clear that the examination is volutary and free, except for the cbt centre charge of seven hundred naira only. Meanwhile, Jamb has obviously yield the call of several stakeholders, including the Nigeria Senate, to extend the date of registration. The board has announced a new deadline and examination date to may 5 and may 13 re...