The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has stated that it had to this point registered 1, 512, 739 candidates as of Saturday, March 19, for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) examination.
That is because the board has maintained that the registration train for the examination will nonetheless shut on Saturday, March 26, 2022, as earlier scheduled regardless of the poor turnout of candidates.
This was made identified by the examination physique in its Weekly Bulletin of the Workplace of the Registrar on Monday, in Abuja.
JAMB stated that the sale of e-PINs for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) which commenced on February 19 and is predicted to finish on Saturday, March 26, wouldn’t entice any extension.
What JAMB is saying concerning the examination
JAMB in its assertion stated, ”This emphasis is crucial due to the persistent drop within the variety of e-PINs being vended, in addition to the low turnout of candidates on the varied centres throughout the nation.
”It will be recalled that the board had said that it might not prolong the registration past the window allotted to it by related authorities to conduct the train.
”As mentioned earlier, registration dates usually are not mounted arbitrarily however by means of a consensus of the Federal Ministry of Training and examination companies, earlier than the graduation of the train.
”Due to this fact, all candidates who desired to register for this 12 months’s examination are to take action instantly, as they solely have this week and no extension could be granted after shut of registration.”
- The board added that it had additionally, remitted N261, 992, 200 to accredited Laptop Primarily based Exams (CBT) centres and the N700 collected service cost for the fourth week of the train.
- In the meantime, the Registrar/Chief Govt of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, had earlier at this time expressed displeasure on the turnout of candidates throughout a tour of a registration centre and stated that there isn’t any going again on the March 26 deadline for the registration of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), insisting that it remained sacrosanct.
What you must know
- Nonetheless, recall that about 2 weeks in the past, JAMB had whereas giving cause for the possible non-extension of registration deadline for candidates collaborating within the 2022 UTME and DE, stated that they’re proud of the large degree of progress of the train nationwide which has been very clean and seamless.
- It said that due to that, it’s on target to fulfill its day by day goal of 100,000 registrations regardless of the minor disruptions witnessed in a few of these registration centres.
- The examination physique had earlier in a revised timetable, introduced that the registration train for the 2022 UTME/DE will begin on Saturday, February 19 and is predicted to finish on March 26, with the primary examination scheduled to carry from Could 6 to Could 16.
- In a associated improvement, JAMB had earlier introduced that the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock examination will now maintain on April 9, and now not on April 16 as earlier scheduled.
