Flash: JAMB Exempts Education, Agriculture Candidates from UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Monday announced that candidates seeking admission into Education programmes and Agriculture-related non-engineering courses will no longer be required to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

JAMB announced this in a post on its X handle during its ongoing policy meeting on 2026 admissions.

“Candidates seeking admissions into Education Programmes and Agriculture non-Engineering Courses are now exempted from UTME,” the board wrote on X.

The development comes as the heels of Nigerian government announcing the scrapping of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, as a requirement for admission into Colleges of Education.

The federal government said candidates seeking admission into Nigeria Certificate in Education, NCE, programmes, will no longer be required to sit for UTME.