The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says 1.5 million candidates have registered for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
This was made known in its Weekly Bulletin which was released on Monday March 21. As it reiterated its stand that the registration exercise will close on Saturday, March 26, 2022.
JAMB also said that the sale of electronic Personal Identification Number for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry which commenced on February 19 would end on Saturday adding that there will be no extension of registration.
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“This emphasis is essential because of the persistent drop in the number of e-PINs being vended, as well as the low turnout of candidates at the various centres across the nation.
“It would be recalled that the board had stated that it would not extend the registration beyond the window allotted to it by relevant authorities to conduct the exercise.
“As discussed earlier, registration dates are not fixed arbitrarily but through a consensus of the Federal Ministry of Education and examination agencies, before the commencement of the exercise.
“Therefore, all candidates who desired to register for this year’s examination are to do so immediately, as they only have this week and no extension would be granted after close of registration, ” JAMB stated.
The board, however, said that it had so far registered exactly 1, 512, 739 candidates as of Saturday, March 19.
Adding that it had also remitted N261, 992, 200 to accredited Computer Based Tests centres and the N700 accumulated service charge for the fourth week of the exercise.
