Joint Admissions and matriculation board - Wikipedia Joint Admissions and matriculation board Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Official logo Acronym JAMB Type Computer - Based Test Knowledge / skills tested Academic performance in selected subjects. Purpose Admission into tertiary institution. Year started 1978 ( 1978 ) Duration 2 hours. Score / grade range 0 to 400 Score / grade validity 1 year Offered Once in a year Countries / regions Nigeria Languages English Annual number of test takers More than one million Prerequisites / eligibility criteria SSCE results or awaiting SSCE results. Scores / grades used by Over 500 universities, agencies and other institutions in Nigeria. Website www.jamb.org.ng The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board ( JAMB ) is a Nigerian entrance examination board for tertiary - level institutions. The board conducts entrance examinations for prospective undergraduates into Nigerian universities. The board is also charged with the responsibility to administer similar examinations for applicants to Nigerian public and private monotechnics, polytechnics, and colleges of educations. All of these candidates must have obtained the West Africa School Certificate, now West African Examinations Council, WAEC, or its equivalent, National Examination Council ( Nigeria ), NECO. The pioneer Registrar was Mr. Michael Saidu Angulu who served from inception in 1978 to 1986. Leadership Is - haq Oloyede, the Executive Registrar References Jump up ^ `` Ojerinde re-appointed JAMB registrar ''. Vanguard News. 9 April 2012. Jump up ^ `` Varsities set irrelevant post-UTME questions and blame candidates for failing -- Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, JAMB boss ''. The Punch - Nigeria 's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2014 - 12 - 13. External links Official website Jamb Portal This article about government in Nigeria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about an education organization is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joint_Admissions_and_Matriculation_Board&oldid=843071085 '' Categories : Education in Nigeria Nigerian government stubs Education organization stubs Talk About Wikipedia Languages Add links This page was last edited on 26 May 2018, at 17 : 27 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: when was the first jamb conducted in nigeria
Answer: 1978