The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the aptitude assessment for 2024 Direct Entry candidates has been shelved.>>>CONTINUE FULL READING HERE....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
The Board has said that other placing criteria would be considered for Direct Entry admissions.
JAMB confirmed this on Monday via a post on its official X account.
“Attention 2024 DE Candidates! This is to inform you that the Board has shelved the conduct of aptitude test for the year, other placement criteria shall be considered for your admission while adequate preparation goes into the exercise ahead of next year,” JAMB stated.
Recall that the Board last year announced that candidates for its Direct Entry examination would from the year undertake cognitive and verbal reasoning tests.
The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has explained that the aptitude test would comprise the following, Verbal, Abstract, Mechanical and Numeric Reasoning, Data Checking, and Work Sampling.
“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.
“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 JAMB boss said.>>>CONTINUE FULL READING HERE
