The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reminded candidates who took the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) that there is no uniform minimum UTME score that guarantees them admission into institutions of their choice. This was contained in the weekly bulletin made available by JAMB. JAMB stated that some candidates have the impression that it is only the UTME score that constitutes the benchmark for admission. According to JAMB, UTME score is not the sole determinant of the placement of candidates into tertiary institutions. Other parameters are Post-UTME /Post -A/ L qualifications screening/test score; O/L grade score; and in some cases, physical test (such as applicable in the Nigerian Defence Academy/Police Academy). Therefore, It is the score from all the segments that are added together to have an eventual ranking table or “cut off” score. The bulletin mentioned that that there are cases of candidates with UTME scores of above 300 that may even
COVID-19: Nigerian govt clears air on reopening of schools The Nigerian Government has cleared the air on the reported move to reopen schools amid the continuous spread of coronavirus pandemic. Emeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, on Wednesday said that the Federal Government was making plans for students in exit classes to write their respective final exams contrary to reports that it’s reopening schools. The Minister pointed out that despite the closing of schools because of the coronavirus pandemic, exams are critical for the academic progress of students. “ We presented to the PTF and by extension, the Federal Government, the plans by examination bodies to hold their exams. The exams are critical for how children progress,” He said on Channels TV’s Politics Today. “We examined it and we felt that it is important to allow those examinations to take place but ahead of them taking place, it is important that those children who have not had the opportunity to revise their s