UTME 2019: JAMB Top Scorer Gets $40,000 Scholarship

A private university in Accra, Ghana, ACADEMIC has offered scholarship worth $40,000 to  JAMB Top Scorer, Ekene Franklin Ezeunala, Concise News reports.

Ekene Franklin Ezeunala scored the highest score in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

“We have a full scholarship for Ekene. He was supposed to be here today (Friday) but we did not talk about the scholarship today because he was not here. We were to present a scholarship of $40,000 to the boy from year one till he graduates,” she said.The online news medium gathered that the College Senior Admissions Manager (Nigeria), Mrs Ogechi Ekpe, said on the sidelines of a workshop organised by the institution for schools and parents at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, that the scholarship would cover tuition and boarding for the duration of his programme at the university.

When asked how Ekene would be informed about the scholarship since he was not at the event, Mrs Ekpe said: “We were hoping he would be here today so our President can give him the award. The school is here now. We have to go there and see if we can either take him to Ghana or get our President to come again and give him the scholarship. The scholarship is for real. It is called the Presidential Scholarship so the school pays everything including the hostel fees.

“That is why we want him there. Nigerian schools won’t give him admission but we will. We start admitting from 15 which is why we have a very visible Dean of Students’ Affairs. We make sure that they go to class, especially foreign students. You cannot be in the hostel during learning hours. Dean Ruth, that is her name, she normally goes round.

“There are parents that pay for their kids to be off campus but all international students must be on campus because we don’t want them to have immigration issues; we don’t want them to go off track and start doing drugs. We actually insist that in the first year at least they must be on campus.”

The Ghanaian institution became the second institution to announce a full scholarship to Ekene, who just completed his West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at Meiran Community Senior High School, Meiran, Lagos.

The first was Gregory University, Uturu in Abia State.

JAMB: Top Educationist Reveals Why Candidates Scored Low In 2019 UTME

The Director of Studies of Difas School, Taiwo JoJolola, has blamed parents and social media for the massive failure in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Concise News reports.

This online news medium understands that there was a poor showing by candidates who sat for the 2019 UTME, according to the results released by JAMB.

Jojolola who is also a writer and broadcaster recalled that most parents have offered her money to help their kids cheat during examinations.And according to Jojolola, the development can be traced to the parents’ wanting their kids to pass examinations without putting in the hard work.

“As an educationist, what do you think is responsible for the falling standard of education? Parents are responsible for the falling standard of education in the country,” she told Vanguard.

“It is really alarming coming in contact with graduates who can’t defend their certificates. Because our school is a JAMB accredited centre, I come in contact with a lot of students and parents who come to the centre to write [the] Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

“You find parents of some of these students attempting to bribe you. A child that knows that the parent will pay a teacher to pass exams will not study their books. Quote me here, parents are responsible for low education standard.”

She said, “There was a time when children came to write the UTME here, a woman came to me with N5O, 000 and her child number, I disgraced her openly. I remember when I was doing my post-graduate diploma, PGD, and I was hearing slang like ‘NA.’

“Honestly, it took time to discover that it means ‘non-appearance.’ Some parents register their children or wards, pay the teachers who will go and write the exams while their children go to sleep.

“At the end of the day, the child has a result with 9A or 8As. Because they can’t defend it, when they get to the university, they begin to bribe lecturers. These days, parents don’t force children to read.

“The social media too has not helped. Instead of reading, they are on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

“A child that you are telling to read wants to watch Big Brother Naija. If there is a way parents can change that mentality honestly, things will fall in place.”

Meanwhile, Concise News has published the JAMB cut-off marks for 2019 for all universities, polytechnics and Colleges of Educations.

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JAMB Finally Speaks On Universities’ Cut-Off Marks, Admission Criteria

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has in a statement on Sunday spoken about the new Universities’ cut-off marks, admission criteria for the 2017/2018 admission.

 

In a statement signed by the commission’s Head of Public Relations, Mr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Sunday,  JAMB revealed that the Board had held consultations with universities across the country to enable candidates meet the requirements and secure admission without the assistance of anybody.

He also explained that JAMB will ensure fairness irrespective of tribe, religion, and that it was determined to meet the expectations of Nigerians.

He, however, made it clear that cut-off marks will be decided at a policy meeting.

“Do not allow yourselves to be defrauded by internet fraudsters, the policy meeting would commence the 2017 admission with all mode, process and acceptable conditions for admission.

“The Prof. Oloyede led management is working to ensure transparent, acceptable and fair admission process.

“We have designed software known as Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), where human interference will be completely removed, to promote credibility.

“The admission criteria would be keyed into the software and it will select candidates blindly according to the institutions requirement without any primordial consideration,” Benjamin stated.

It would be recalled that the board had in May said it is yet to release cut-off marks for placements into tertiary institutions for 2017 academic year, contrary to some media reports.

According to the commission, the policy committee meeting responsible for the determination of cut-o marks had not met, they thus, advised candidates in their best interest to jettison cut-off marks for the various courses that are currently being paraded.

Meanwhile,  JAMB has also said  it will not condone multiple registration for Direct Entry and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. It has  described the act of multiple registration as a serious offence in the process of obtaining the Board’s application forms presently on sale.

The board said the warning has become imperative for people to know and understand that violation of such rule would attract sanctions.

“Candidates are to note that our advertisement for 2017 UTME clearly states the penalty for any candidate caught buying two forms.

“Members of the public are requested to note that any candidate who indulges in double registration will be caught by our software and disqualified.

“The Board is not interested in the candidates’ money as is being insinuated by certain group who suggested to the Board that such registration will enhance the revenue base of the Board.
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“No, we are more interested in the credibility of the examination and not the money, if money is our concern we will not be returning over five billion naira to the Federal Government coffers,’’ the board said.

JAMB releases 2017 university admission supplementary examination results

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, today July 14 released the results of the 2017 university admission supplementary examination that was held on July 1.

The supplementary examination was an avenue created by JAMB to allow late registration candidates for the first exams, and those will related challenges write the partake in this year’s exams.

A minimum of 85,000 candidates were billed to write the test, Premium Times reports.

1,718,425 candidates who registered and sat for the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) across the federation, only 1,606,901 results have been released by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The registrar of JAMB Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday, May 31.

Oloyede stated that the decision to withhold some 76,923 results out of the 80,889 outstanding was deliberately taken by the board due to alleged exam malpractices in some of the examination centers.

The results were released within 24 hours of the examination and the registrar disclosed that the outstanding results would be released soon

How To Upload 2017 WAEC Awaiting Results To JAMB Portal 

It is true that Jamb require those with awaiting results to Upload it before August 2017. Now a question comes to mind, how do I upload 2017 Waec awaiting result to my Jamb account ? This is a very good question since Jamb results for 2017 has been released and the performance is very okay.
In this article, I will explain the possible way you can upload your SSCE result so that you can be admitted in the Jamb 2017 admission session.
Like I always say, since the recent Jamb CBT update, other positive updates have followed. Some of these updates are the introduction of Jamb profile and CCTV Cameras in the Jamb examination halls.
The Jamb profile has now become a means to do anything regarding Jamb examination starting from Jamb 2017. That is to say, you cannot do anything outside Jamb profile as a Jamb candidate.

The Waec and Neco result upload is going to be exactly the way Jamb gave room for correction of details in Jamb profile.
The Portal will be made editable so that you can be able to fill in or update your Waec result. All you will have to do is visit the Jamb portal at https://www.jamb.org.ng and login with your Jamb username and password. After that, the Admission process will begin.
The process is also the same for those using two sittings. You just need to specify the number of sittings and the result for each sitting.
Simple right? Let me know how you feel using the comment box.