The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said that candidates for its Direct Entry examination will be subjected to cognitive and verbal reasoning tests beginning in 2024.
The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this during a virtual meeting with the commissioners of education in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, as contained in a special bulletin released by the Board on Monday.
Mr Oloyede said: “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, or Physics.”
According to him, the aptitude test will include verbal, abstract, mechanical and numerical reasoning, data checking and work sampling, according to the registrar.
He said all DE candidates would have to provide Registration/Matriculation Number of the previous school attended; subject of qualification; awarding institution; institution attended; year of graduation as well as admission letter.
