JAMB1978· Scholar SC015

JAMB UTME — First Year (1978)

First JAMB Examination

The record · educational context

JAMB was established by Decree No. 2 of 1978 under the Obasanjo military government. The first UTME was conducted in 1978. Individual top scorer records from the earliest years are not in the public domain. JAMB was established to replace individual university entrance examinations.

Subjects

N/A

Record

Exam

JAMB

Year

1978

Position

First JAMB Examination

Score

N/A

School

[Individual records not publicly available for 1978]

State

N/A

Sources

JAMB Act 1978; JAMB History

https://jamb.gov.ng

National education context · 1978

What it took to pass that exam

The realities — political, fiscal, infrastructural — under which Nigerian candidates wrote this examination.

Federal Minister of Education

Col. Ahmadu Ali

1975–1978

Announced the 50-kobo fee increase that triggered the 1978 'Ali Must Go' student protests in which students were killed. Never prosecuted. Later PDP Chairman (2005–2008).

Federal education budget

Being compiled.

State education budget · N/A

N/A state education budget for 1978 being compiled. Cross-reference the State Appropriation Acts.

Exam-year incidents

Documented incidents for this year being compiled.

Global body response

No documented international body response on file for this year.

Nigeria's global education ranking

Ranking record for this year being compiled.

The kids passed in spite of these realities. The record stands so that the cost of their achievement is not lost.

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Redline

Wikipedia is never a source.