JAMB extends UTME/DE registration by 2 weeks

Omoregie Tina, Abuja

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), after a meeting with critical stakeholders as well as in response to the pressure from public spirited individuals and groups, announced 2 weeks extension of the registration period of  2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the Direct Entry (DE), saying that only those with genuine proof will be considered.

The board’s decision was contained in its Weekly Bulletin.

JAMB had shifted the closing date from May 15th to May 29th as a result of complaints arising from candidates’ inability to register.

At the new closing day 29th May 2021,  1,383,420 candidates procured the Pin for registration, while 1,375,694 have completed their registration.  Despite this, there were still complaints of inability to register due to lateness or non-delivery of NIN verification code; inability to obtain NIN; mismatch or wrong names originally submitted to NIMC (and different from the ones being used for the JAMB registration).

The board said though some excuses are authentic, a large number of others were caused by fraudsters working against the system.

Consequently, all prospective candidates with genuine proof(s) of failed efforts to register before the closing date, are to between Monday 31st May and 15th June 2021, visit any of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board offices (including JAMB owned Professional Test Centres, PTCs) across the nation.