August 29, 2018 Azeezat Adedigba

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) has said 24,148 candidates have gained admission into various higher institutions in Nigeria as at August 29.

The JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, also dismissed as ‘baseless’ agitations in some quarters that registration fee for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates should be reduced.

About 1,662,762 candidates wrote the 2018 UTME between March 9 and 19.

The spokesperson of the board, Fabian Benjamin, provided information on the admitted candidates in a phone interview with PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday.
Also according to the reports by Vanguard and a few other dailies, Mr Oloyede told journalists in Abuja after a computer-based promotion exam for JAMB’s staff, that the agency’s fee is one of the lowest in the world.
According to him, JAMB sold its UTME application form for N5,000 while it remitted N7.8 billion to the Federal Government at the end of the examinations.
“Why are they not asking WAEC (to reduce fee)? Why are they not asking NECO? Why are they not asking NABTEB? Why JAMB? We charge the least and you are saying reduce. The issue is because we have a means of managing the resources properly and we now have what you can call surplus and because we are open enough to return the surplus to the government, you now say we should crash the cost,” he said.
He said the exam body would only follow a directive ”from the appropriate quarters on the cost of UTME”.
“What should be the basis of crashing the cost assuming the method we are using now is no longer available and we have to use the old method,” Mr Oloyede said.

“If the government feels we should adjust, we will adjust and not as a result of unqualified, baseless requests,” Mr Oloyede said.

On the staff promotion exam, the registrar said the exercise was to ensure the board’s readiness to always conduct seamless examinations.

He said the new software used in the exam which cost N6 million will now be deployed for third party clients exams ”to avoid issues that trailed the ones conducted for Police Service Commission (PSC).

“One of the last ones we did is the PSC and we saw that because we are trying to save money, some mischievous people wanted to embarrass us.
“The software we were using before has some inbuilt mechanism that it must carry 180 questions that if not complete it will not move. So you can tell people to write exam from question 1 to 120 but don’t do anything below.

”In such an instance, some mischievous people decided to see what is below and started saying they were setting Arabic and so on. We saw that was capable of generating unnecessary ill-feelings,” Mr Oloyede said.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/281820-oloyode-opposes-reduction-of-jamb-fees.html

Prof Oloyede, you just face your assignment and leave critics to play their destined role for they are every where. I personally believe in your zero tolerance for corruption and your optimism in believing that as individuals and society we can always do better. Imagine some crooks are bittered because your administration decides to be remitting surplus out of your magnanimity. Please be focus and let history judge the leadership of JAMB.

how many days does it takes to write jamb and waec?
JAMB should be more cheaper.

The man has a point.
All because for the first time, Jamb now remits what's left in revenue to the government after running its affairs, people are now demanding a reduction.

So for other agencies not remitting, their fees are justified?

Corrupt country mentality.

See una life na!

Sabi man

Everything na money for naija

Jamb is nothing but extortion

yeyerolling:
Jamb is nothing but extortion

For those who don't pass at first attempt.

Stupid people, what everyone's saying is you are not a revenue generating body, stop all this rhetoric.
And that PSC exam you are lying.

Ignore these slowpokes they are used to corruption environment. Any thing different is abnormal for them

1.6 million WROTE JAMB, ONLY 400,000 PEOPLE WOULD BE ADMITTED, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE OTHER 1.2 million. . naija which way?

the logistics and processes of JAMB is the least. why is he comparing it with WAEC and others,.

Oloyede the man of integrity. An empitome of true transparency.

thesicilian:

For those who don't pass at first attempt.

in which advanced country dem dey do jamb

seyigiggle:
how many days does it takes to write jamb and waec?
JAMB should be more cheaper.

It should actually be free for you.

Very reasonable and logical submission

Haters and wailers want to guilt-trip Prof Oloyede just because he’s delivering wonders.

Useless bunch of people they are.

yeyerolling:
in which advanced country dem dey do jamb

Each country has it's own university entrance exam. And most universities require an additional exam/screening before they can offer you admission.

Such stupidity in an extravagant form!.. Is jamb waec or neco? How many years is the life span of jamb compared to that of waec and neco?..
Every year, millions of people spend hard earned money and time on registrations and screening exercises.. Yet, the would still comeback the next year! If i had my way, i would ensure that jamb is scrapped and applicants would apply only and DIRECTLY to the institutions! Nonsense!!

ahmEenu:
1.6 million WROTE JAMB, ONLY 400,000 PEOPLE WOULD BE ADMITTED, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE OTHER 1.2 million. . naija which way?

Then they need to study harder...only top performing students should be admitted into Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria...so that we can have good graduates...who then transmits their knowledge into the society to transform it.

Even in advanced countries, not every applicant gets admitted...best does...though the percentage of d rejected ones might not be as outrageous as ours.

It is simple...you have uncovered years of theft and wastage. If you have been so transparent to refund the excesses t the government, then you shouldn't see any negative about reducing the cost. You won't be on that seat forever. Jamb is not a revenue generating organization. If it is seen that these students that are not earning in any form, are being charged more than what is needed, the next logical thing is t reduce the charges, or else someone someday will take advantage.



Except you regret why you didn't steal the money in the first place.

blazer2018:


Then they need to study harder

THATS A DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH.... POINT IS NAIJA TERTIARY EDUCATION CANT ADMIT MORE THAN THAT.

K

JAMB Should actually be free.

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i can see that you have lost your brain over your emotions.

thesicilian:

It should actually be free for you.

Nonsense.

ahmEenu:
THATS A DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH.... POINT IS NAIJA TERTIARY EDUCATION CANT ADMIT MORE THAN THAT.

Yeah...u have a point there...what this means is that we need more Tertiary Institutions in d country...but can d govt afford it...even d existing ones are suffering seriously from under-funding.

It's high our govt began introducing collation of database in the country so that they can plan on how to carter for it citizens in d future...because without a solid database, there is no way any govt can carter for its citizens...we will get there someday.

thesicilian:

Each country has it's own university entrance exam. And most universities require an additional exam/screening before they can offer you admission.

waec /SSCE/GCE in most countries. Jamb is a useless needless exam