JAMB Registers 1.8m Candidates for 2019 UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) said it has registered over 1.8 million candidates for the
2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The Head, Media and Information of the
board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Thursday in Lagos.
Registration of candidates for the all Computer Based Test (CBT) commenced on February 10 and terminated on February 21.
Benjamin said that the registration was a
huge success, adding that there were no hitches at all across the
various accredited registration centres nationwide.
“We have concluded the registration and we recorded over 1.8 million candidates for the UTME this year.
“Registration closed on February 21, when we stopped the pin vending for the exercise.
“However, some candidates who had
acquired the pin but were unable to register before February 21, due to
one reason or the other, were allowed to do so till 12 midnight,
February 25.
“The registration finally closed on February 25,” he said.
The JAMB spokesman dismissed rumours in
some quarters that candidates could start printing their examination
notification slip from March 2.
“This is misleading and absolutely not correct.
“Let me sound it clearly that the board
has not come up with any date for both the examination and the printing
of examination notification slip for candidates.
“The board will announce the date for the 2019 UTME soon.
“As it is now, no date has been fixed yet for both the examination and the printing of examination notification slip.
“The examination slips are usually
printed, two weeks to the main examination, but that is only after when
the examination date has been fixed.
“There is no way anybody can print examination notification slip when the examination date, itself, has not been fixed.”
He, therefore, urged candidates and
other stakeholders to remain calm, reassuring them that the board would
make announcement and proper sensitisation about the date for the
examination and printing of examination notification slip.
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