{"id":45196,"date":"2021-06-30T14:35:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T14:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=45196"},"modified":"2021-06-30T14:35:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T14:35:38","slug":"jamb-denies-re-scheduling-utme-examinations-for-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=45196","title":{"rendered":"JAMB denies re-scheduling UTME examinations for candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Jamb-logo.jpg\" alt=\"JUST IN: JAMB, stakeholders settle for 160 as cut-off mark for admission\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified that it has not fixed another examination for any category of candidates on July 3 as being peddled in some quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/jamb-accuses-nigerian-universities-of-awarding-fake-certificates\/\">board<\/a>\u2019s Head of Media and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated on Wednesday in Lagos that the report \u201cis not correct\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benjamin noted that almost all results of candidates, who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), have since been released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, JAMB at no point thereafter, announced any form of another examination for any category of candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo examination has been fixed for any category of candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe attention of the board was drawn to a Twitter message credited to it that it had fixed another examination for candidates who scored lower than 170 in its examination and should come for a re-sit on July 3,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified that it has not fixed another examination for any category of candidates on July 3 as being peddled in some quarters. The&nbsp;board\u2019s Head of Media and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated on Wednesday in Lagos that the report \u201cis not correct\u2019\u2019. Benjamin noted that almost all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>JAMB denies re-scheduling UTME examinations for candidates &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=45196\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=45196#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Education\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=5\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"JAMB denies re-scheduling UTME examinations for candidates\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"JAMB denies re-scheduling UTME examinations for candidates &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=45196","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=45196#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Education","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=5"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"JAMB denies re-scheduling UTME examinations for candidates"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=5\" rel=\"category\">Education<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified that it has not fixed another examination for any category of candidates on July 3 as being peddled in some quarters. 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