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 Aspirants ignorance about the JAMB caps system has affected many of them alot. Some of them have been offered admissions, but due to their ignorance they forfeit the admission, because this set of people have been offered  another course by their choice of institution, but they are unaware of the "JAMB CAPS TRANSFER APPROVAL PAGE" where to check. The JAMB CAPS Transfer Approval Page is one of the new features of the JAMB CAPS. On the Transfer approval page, candidates are notified of the intention of their school of choice to transfer them from the course they initially applied to study to another course. The candidates now have the right to either accept or reject the transfer. How To Check Your "Transfer Approval Page" on JAMB CAPS STEP 1- Visit: jamb.org.ng/efacility STEP 2- Login to your Jamb profile with your username and password STEP 3- Once you are logged in, below “My O’level”, you will see TRANSFER APPROVAL”, click on it. For ca

. The 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) is fixed for March 14 . Prof Is-haq Oloyede, registrar of JAMB, made the announcement in Abuja . The announcement was made a day after JAMB said it may deploy drones to monitor examinations in 2020 . Prospective candidates for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) are to participate in the exercise on March 14 as the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) begins preparation. . The date was announced by JAMB on Monday, December 23, saying the examination will hold between March 14 and April 4. . Prof Is-haq Oloyede, registrar of JAMB, made the announcement in Abuja when he met with commissioners for education from the 36 states. . According to Oloyede, registration for the UTME will start on January 13, and end on February 17. . JAMB reiterated its zero tolerance for all forms of examination malpractice and is leaving no stone unturned to curb the menace. . In its la

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially announced that the sales of JAMB registration form for 2019 UTME will commence on January 10th, 2019. The announcement was made by JAMB’s Registrar Professor Oloyede during a meeting with owners of JAMB Computer Based Test Centres at the University of Lagos. According to professor Oloyede, the sales of form will start January 10th and last for 6 weeks. Followed by the examination in March. He further disclosed that the board will not allow Cyber Cafe operators to register candidates because they are extorting candidates and overcharging them and also engaging in services that they do not have the capacity to do. The professor urged all prospective candidates to do their registration and access the board’s major services in any of its 718 accredited centres in the country. He assured that the general elections would not affect the sale of forms, adding that the board had adjusted its examination schedule ahead of

According to him, the call is to further encourage the candidates to do the needful ahead of the fast approaching period for the commencement of registration for the 2020 UTME any time soon. “We want to further appeal and remind all prospective candidates on the need to get themselves registered centrally under the NIN scheme. “They must consider this as compulsory if they intend to participate in the examination when the time comes. “There is no other means of acquiring our registration documents for the examination except through the NIN and that is why we are calling on them now to intensify efforts in getting registered to avoid “had I known’’. “No excuses will be entertained and that is the essence of this constant reminder so that nobody will be left out,’’ Benjamin told NAN. He also appealed to parents to give their children and wards free hands in choosing their future career rather than impose theirs (parents) wishes on them. According to him, often times children are under

The unions said the contending issues include payment of earned allowances, university staff schools matter, renegotiation of 2019 FGN/unions agreement among others.   Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members Nigerian university workers have said that they would embark on a warning strike from Monday until their demand to the government is met. The planned one-week strike, which will last from August 19 to 23, is coming four months after the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities suspended their two-month strike. In a letter on Friday, the non-academic unions comprising the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, said, “At the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum on August 18, 2019 without a positive response from the Federal Government of Nigeria, members shall proceed on a five-day warning strike in all branches from Monday 19 to Friday 23 August 2019.” The unions said the contending issues include paym

The portal for OAU POST-UTME registration has been updated with the information below. CHANGE OF COURSE EFFECTED ON THE ADMISSION PORTAL All candidates that applied for change of course on the JAMB site can check the changes on the Admission portal and proceed to register for the Post UTME if they have not done so yet. The deadline for post utme registration has been extended. Those with held or awaiting result have the grace to upload their olevel before then. The new deadline for the POST-UTME registration is now 26th August, 2019.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB have called on universities and other tertiary institutions in the country to regularly download and update their record at any given time in other to remain up to speed with the list of applicants seeking admission into their institution as forwarded to them by the board. The Zonal Coordinator JAMB in Katsina state, Mr Mohammed kankia told the Nation exclusively during an interview in his office in Katsina, that constant refreshing of the portals will ensure that no candidate seeking admission is denied the opportunity due to negligence occasioned by the attitude of such an institution He said ’’several factors may necessitate change of institution by an applicant, including: choice of course of study, inability to meet up with the requisite admission cut off mark, pressure from parents particularly due to change of locations, etc’’ ‘’we have made the process open and more simplified for them, and we have informed them firs

Following the directives from Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) must all upload their olevel on jamb caps portal, no candidate with awaiting O’level (WAEC, NECO, NABTEB) result will be admitted into any tertiary institution in Nigeria. It’s therefore essential that candidates Upload their O’level result on JAMB CAPS Portal, which is a prerequisite for getting admission into any Nigeria University . You might have visited a cafe or a computer centre for the uploading of your olevel result, and unknown to you or the operator that the uploading wasnt successful. Below is how to check if your O’level Result has been uploaded on JAMB CAPS Portal It advisable to use Mozilla Firefox or chrome browser! Step 1 : Visit https://www.jamb.org.ng/efacility../ Step 2 : Login in with ur username and password. Step 3 : use d search button and type in caps or Click on check admission status. Step 4 : Check 2019 Admission status will come up. Step 5 : Kindly click

The Public Relations Officer of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju has commented on the recent suicide by a student of institution named Opeyemi Grace Dara from the department of English and Literature While speaking with Journalists, He sympathized and also appealed to students against taking their lives because of poor academic performance. In his words, Olanrewaju said, “We sympathise with the parents and guardian of the deceased called Dara. We just want our students and young ones to know that depression is not a thing they should encourage, no matter the situation or circumstance they find themselves. ""We want to appeal to students, particularly OAU students, to take things easy. Any child that fails, that is why the University says ‘you can rerun a course, you can resit a course’, people out there also face challenges and when you are in school, failure or repetition of a course or particular subject is also part of the challenges students must f

The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, in Osun State has been thrown to mourning following the death of a student identified as Opeyemi Grace Dara. The deceased who was in the Department of English and Literature was said to have committed suicide after a dose of lethal substance popularly known as snipper. Although the details of the incident were still sketchy, our correspondent learnt that she took her life following the poor academic performance. But the authorities of the institution confirmed that the deceased committed suicide due to depression occasioned by poor academic records. A copy of her academic records obtained from her page on the school portal indicated that she had many outstanding courses. She was said to be having five outstanding courses and 12 Special Electives. A source said, “A student in the Department of English and Literature at OAU in Ile-Ife, Opeyemi Grace Dara, whose set finished their final year exams just last semester has committed suic

In this article, you will learn how to withdraw money from the ATM without using your Card. You could visit an ATM, just to find out you didn’t even hold your card with you; or you might need to withdraw money as a matter of urgency, but you just can’t find your card; or you might get caught in a situation where you really need cash. The world is a global place and each new day draws us closer to more technological advancement. Gone are the days when if you lost your card you can’t withdraw money using the ATM until you apply and wait for weeks to get a new one from your bank. Today, you can withdraw money from the ATM without using a Card. Below are highlighted instruction from different banks and how you will go about it. How to Use Access Bank Cardless Withdrawal Service To use the Access Bank cardless withdrawal service, follow the below procedures: Dial “*903#” from your registered mobile number. Select Withdraw Money Enter the amount you want to withdraw and valid

The closing date for registration of screening of all UTME candidates is 11th August 2019. The facility for DE candidates will be available as from Thursday 15th August, 2019. After Registration, DE Students should ensure that their transcript is forwarded by the Awarding Institution to the Admission Office, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife for DE Admission processing. UTME Candidates will also be required to participate in the Post-UTME screening on their allotted date and time between 31st August and 4th September, 2019. It should be noted that the Direct Entry (DE) candidates will not be participating in the Screening. The printing of postutme exam slip which contains the summary of the examination date and venue commences on 19th August, 2019. Candidates using awaiting result are expected to have uploaded their results before then.

On the proscribed OAU students' Union issue! If you've been following the news about the university recently, you'd figure that the school management has been talking about reinstating the students' union a lot. The management has either said something about reinstating the union or something related to it at least four times in less than 2 months, which is a lot considering the way things work here. This trend has given hope to students that are aware of it - although, some think it's a game and that the management has a plan which does not include reinstating the union soon. However, there is a context to this. Basically, you have to understand that the only reason why the management has been talking about reinstating the union repeatedly lately is because the management has been in positions or places where they have to just say something about the union, it's not like they released circulars to assure that they are working towards reinstating it the way t

The Management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU invites suitably qualified UTME and Direct Entry candidates to its 2019/2020 academic session admission screening exercise. Candidates That Are Eligible for OAU POst UTME/DE Screening. Candidates who made the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife their first choice in the 2019 UTME and scored 200 and above, and those who applied for Direct Entry (DE). OAU Admission Screening General Requirements. The minimum entry requirements to the first year is a General Certificate of Education (or equivalent) with Credit passes in at least five subjects chosen from a list approved from time to time by Senate provided that in each case all the five subjects are taken and passed at not more than two sittings. 1. One of the passes shall be a pass at ‘O’ Level or equivalent in English Language. 2. Except in the cases of candidate for admission to the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Law, and for the Bachelor of Arts in Education in the Faculty of

(FOR UTME AND DIRECT ENTRY CANDIDATES) Candidates who made the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife their first choice in the 2019 UTME and scored 200 and above, and those who applied for Direct Entry (DE) are hereby informed that the admissions portal: admissions.oauife.edu.ng will become available for registration for the POST-UTME screening exercise effective from 19th July, 2019 . All further enquiries should be forwarded to admissions@oauife.edu.ng or enquiry@oauife.edu.ng Source- OAU E-PORTAL eportal.oauife.edu.ng

Today, 10th of July, 2019 marks exactly 20 years after the July 1999 cultists violent attack at the Obafemi Awolowo University. 10th of July becomes a remarkable day in the history of the institution since the 1999 event. Remembrance of a great figure is done- George Akinyemi Iwilade populary and politically known as Afrika . THE FULL STORY Around 4:30 A.M on Saturday, 10th of July, 1999, there was a violent attack at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Reports say the attack was perpetrated by 40 masked members of the Black Axe Confraternity who wore black trousers, black T-shirts and face masks. Five OAU students, including one George Iwilade (Afrika), the Secretary-General of the Students’ Union, were killed with shotguns and hatchets while eleven others were injured. The attack led to students' action, especially against the then Vice Chancellor Wole Omole and the eventual arrest of three suspected believed to have participated in the attack; Ai

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has resolved to reconfirm biometrics of all candidates that sat for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board made this known in its Vol. 1, No 27 weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar, made available to the Newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. The board said that the development was to detect impersonators, fish them out and prosecute them along their sponsors. It also vowed to publish names of imposters in order to serve as a deterrent to others as well as stem the antics of professional examination takers. Candidates writing the 2019 Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) examination at Kaduna State University ICT Center in Kaduna on Thursday (11/4/19). According to the board, the step was taken as a result of a huge number of applications it received with the aim of perfecting fraudulent acts that have aided impersonation in the past. The board said that it had in recent time, been inundate

The management, Obafemi Awolowo University, ile-ife as at today, 28th June, 2019 is yet to release the departmental cutoff mark for 2019/20 admission. The cutoff is usually out after the release of the institution postutme result. The cutoff occur in percentage(%) unit. The aspirant results are summed up and converted to percentage form to determine their aggregate score. Usually, Utme- 50%, postutme -40% and olevel-10%. Below is last session departmental cutoff mark. Only slight modification is usually done on the previous session cutoff to derive the new one. This can be of help to an aspirant in need of an idea of the cutoff for his chosen course.

2019/2020 ADMISSION EXERCISE HAS COMMENCED! 2019/2020 Admission exercise has commenced; therefore applicants that got 200 and above in the recently concluded JAMB Matriculation exercise and chose the University of Ibadan can log in above and begin their registration Visit the school eportal for details. admissions.ui.edu.ng

JAMB has raised the cutoff mark for admission-seeking candidates, but it still faces backlash for lowering standards. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has come under renewed attack after it announced the approval of the national minimum benchmark for admission into tertiary institutions for the 2019/2020 academic session. JAMB announced that students who score at least 160 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME), which has a maximum score of 400, are eligible for admission into public universities in the country. This was announced after the commission's 19th policy meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions in Nigeria on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Many, including parents, civic rights groups, public commentators, and even students, have criticised the commission for lowering the standard and setting a bad precedent for the nation's already troubled education system. While much of the conversation about the new cutoff marks has revolved

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have enabled the portal for JAMB 2019 Change of Course/Institution Form. This process is to enable candidates’ effect the needed changes in their earlier selected course and/or institution. INSTRUCTION: CHANGE OF COURSE/ INSTITUTION 1 . You shall be required to create a profile via the Sign Up (New User ) Page if you are a new user. For existing users , simply type in your login details . To create your profile , you will provide your valid email address, surname, first name , Mobile No , State and LGA of Origin and password, then click on the Sign Up button. Each candidate is entitled to only one profile . 2 . Subsequently, you shall use your email address and password to sign in . 3 . Once logged in , you will be taken to the landing page where you will see all available services. 4 . Select “ Correction of Data ” . This is available on the side bar or on the Home page 5 . Once selected , the menu item “ Course / Institution

Report from the 2019 JAMB Policy Meeting held recently, and other related developments in 2019 Admission processes, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has released the 2019 UTME application statistics for tertiary institutions across the country. According to the information released by the board, the University of Ilorin, Kwara State had 108,912 applications, making it the University with the highest first choice applications for 2019, with Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State coming in second place with 81,397 applications. For colleges of education, the data revealed the Federal College of Education, Zaria to have the highest first choice applications, with 3,770 applications. Kaduna Polytechnic, had the most applications for polytechinics, with 3,529, while Aflon Digital Institute, Abuja had the highest first choice applications for Innovation Enterprise Institutions- IEIs. # TOP 10 UNIVERSITIES WITH HIGHEST NUMBER OF APPLICANTS IN 2019 1. University o

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) held their meeting about the begining of PostUTME registeration number and Examination. The Meeting was held recently, June, 2019 as scheduled. The meeting was successful and everything were put together. Jamb narrated how this year PostUTME registeration and examination will be conducted. The chairman, Benjamin informed the candidates to start preparing for the examination as soon as possible. Jamb has announced the general cutoff Mark for this 2019 PostUTME. The cutoff mark favours everyone that scored low on jamb. This year general cutoff Mark is not a guarantee that you will get admission but it means that you have to as well prepare for the postutme. Some schools do screening which involves checking your jamb result, o'level and all your documents. While some conduct postutme. You have to be prepared all the time. Schools chooses their method randomly and hence you have to be ready. During the meeting, the boards agr

The management of the University of Ibadan (UI) has stated that the university's cut-off mark for 2019/2020 academic session remains 200 as against 160 agreed on by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) and stakeholders of higher institutions as the minimum cut-off mark for the 2019/2020 Academic Session. In a statement by the office of its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, the institution said: “For the avoidance of doubts in the minds of our prospective admission seekers, their parents and guardians, our alumni and alumnae and the general public, the minimum mark for any course at the University of Ibadan, and all its Affiliated Institutions, remains 200 out of the maximum of 400. This has been the position of the Senate of the University since the matriculation examinations into Nigerian Universities commenced in 1978.” JAMB announced on Tuesday that the minimum cut-off mark for admission into federal universities will be 160 for 2019. However, many educati

University of Ilorin, recently released her cutoff mark for each programme in the university. The minimum cutoff mark for getting admission into the university is 180. Candidates with less than 180 is not eligible to apply for the institution post utme, or further admission processing in the university.

The Office of the Registrar, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife, Osun state, has announced the university's cut-off mark for the 2019/2020 admission. Recall that at the 19th policy meeting on admission that held at Bola Babalakin Auditorium, Gbongan, Osun State, 160 was approved as the minimum benchmark for admission into public institutions while 140 was set for private. The policy meeting that was presided by Jamb Registrar, Isaq Oloyede and attended by some stakeholders in education also approved a minimum of 120,110 and 100 for public polytechnics, private polytechnics and college of education respectively. However, in a conversation with the secretary to the OAU Registrar, Mrs Omosule, by our correspondent - she indicated that OAU shall continue with its traditional 200 minimum cut-off mark irrespective of JAMB's benchmark. Therefore, any aspirant with less than 200 in utme examination result is not eligible to process admission into Obafemi Awolowo University. The u

JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, About 76.2 per cent of the 1,792,719 candidates who sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination( UTME) scored below 50 per cent. This was revealed by Professor Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board(JAMB) when he released the results of the examination held over five days in April. According to Oloyede: “361,718 candidates scored between 180 and 199 as against 325,152 in 2018, while 494,484 scored between 160 and 179 as against 455,898 last year. “410,844 candidates scored between 140 and 159 as against 346,825 recorded in 2018 while also 99,463 scored between 100 and 139 as against 64,712 in 2018.” Oloyede said results for 49,265 candidates are being withheld by the JAMB. He said 34,120 candidates had their results withheld for examination malpractice and 15,145 results were withheld for further clarification. A 15 year-old boy, Ekele Franklin from Imo scored the highest mark of 347 in the ex

Prof Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Saturday announced the release of 1,792,719 results of candidates who sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Concise News understands that more than 1.8 million candidates sat for the 2019 UTME from April 11 to April 18. Registrar of the examination body, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, announced the release of the results on Saturday morning in Abuja. The JAMB boss said that due to various infractions the board withheld the results of 34,120 candidates for various infractions. The registrar also said that 15,145 of the aforementioned results were withheld for further clarification. “For 2019 results 1,886,508 candidates registered including those in foreign centres,” he announced. “Out of this number which excludes Direct Entry, 59,667 were absent and a total of 1,826,839 sat for the UTME. “Today, we release 1,792,719 results. Some 34,120 results withheld including

In this article, I will discuss as brief as possible some facts about theory and practice. I will address some questions such as ‘which between theory and practice should be done first? Which is more advantageous to the society? Which should be given higher prestige? Can either exist and be relevant to the society without the other?... Before we address these questions we need to know what theory and practice means. Cambridge advanced learner dictionary defines theory as a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas which are suggested to explain a fact or event, while it defines practice as an action rather than thought or ideas. Though, there are various ways we can look into this discourse. It’s not really a philosophical question, but it’s an open ended question as philosophers would say. People’s view towards it differs, and conclusion cannot be reached. Therefore, every idea is held tentatively till we encounter superior idea. Theorists would