{"id":373923,"date":"2025-05-16T22:13:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T22:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/05\/16\/stop-stressing-students-who-already-passed-ssce\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T22:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T22:13:06","slug":"stop-stressing-students-who-already-passed-ssce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/05\/16\/stop-stressing-students-who-already-passed-ssce\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Stressing Students Who Already Passed SSCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Nollywood actress Mary Njoku has raised concerns about the continued relevance of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Nigeria\u2019s tertiary education admission process.<\/p>\n<p>Njoku expressed her confusion over why students who have already completed their secondary education and passed the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) still have to go through JAMB and post-UTME to gain university admission.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to her Instastory, the actress wrote, \u201cWhy is it necessary to take the JAMB exam to gain admission into universities? Isn\u2019t the SSCE sufficient? I don\u2019t understand the need for JAMB + post-JAMB when the SSCE already shows we\u2019ve completed secondary school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: Bright Chimezie Hails Davido\u2019s \u2018With You\u2019 Featuring Omah Lay For Incorporating His Song \u2018Because Of English\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Her comments come in the wake of public outrage following mass failures recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), conducted by JAMB.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the backlash, the examination body acknowledged that some candidates received incorrect results due to errors in 157 of the 882 accredited centres. JAMB has since issued an apology and announced that affected candidates will be given another opportunity to retake the test.<\/p>\n<p>JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, revealed that a total of 379,997 candidates from Lagos and the South-East are scheduled to sit for the rescheduled exam beginning Friday, May 16.<\/p>\n<p>SEE POST:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-971097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0801.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1334\"  \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-infor-trackid=\"966303\" data-infor-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1826552340\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/300x250@2x.png\" alt=\"\"   width=\"600\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nollywood actress Mary Njoku has raised concerns about the continued relevance of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Nigeria\u2019s tertiary education admission process. 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