The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board announced on
Monday that candidates for its Direct Entry examination would be subjected to
cognitive and verbal reasoning tests starting from 2024.
The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq
Oloyede, stated this during a virtual meeting with Commissioners of Education
from the Federation’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
A special bulletin published by
the Board on Monday, Dec. 11, 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.”
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 said that the
aptitude test would include verbal, abstract, mechanical, and numerical
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 noted that all DE applicants
must supply the following information at the time of registration:
Registration/Matriculation The number of previous schools where the
qualification was acquired; Qualification subjects; The awarding institution;
the institution attended; the year of graduation; and, if applicable, entrance
letters.
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