The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have announced that candidates for its Direct Entry examination would from 2024 undertake cognitive and verbal reasoning tests as part of the entry requirements for gaining admission.
Prof. Is-haq Oloyede who is the Registrar of the exam body, reiterated this during a virtual meeting with Commissioners of Education of the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory yesterday.
A special bulletin published by the Board on Monday quoted Oloyede to have said that “As from 2024, JAMB will conduct Aptitude Test for all Direct Entry candidates to assess their academic potential or career suitability, as well as their mental or physical capacity.”
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The JAMB boss noted that ‘It is an intelligent test that will measure the candidate’s current cognitive skills and will not be the usual subjects such as Mathematics, Chemistry, Government, Physics, etc.’
The Registrar explained that the aptitude test would comprise the following, Verbal, Abstract, Mechanical and Numeric Reasoning, Data Checking, and Work Sampling.
The Registrar also informed the participants, ‘that the Direct Entry registration will be restricted to only JAMB Offices nationwide.’
He stated that at the point of registration, all DE candidates must provide the following information; Registration/Matriculation Number of the previous school attended where the qualification was obtained; Subjects) of qualification; Awarding Institution; Institution attended; and Year of graduation as well as admission letters where necessary.
Africa Today News, New York recalls that the exam body had last week announced the start of the 2024 UTME enrollment.
The specified timeframe for this process spans from January 15, 2024, to February 16, 2024.
The board of trustees for the school disclosed on Wednesday that the MOCK-UTME is slated for March 7, 2024. Furthermore, the primary UTME is designated to take place from April 19 to April 29, 2024.