JAMB Investigates Non-registration Of 600,000 UTME Candidates

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will investigate the problem associated with registrations for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scheduled to end on 15th May.

THE WHISTLER reported that JAMB had fixed the UTME examination for June 5 to June 19, 2021.

But JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said many candidates were yet to register for the examinations due to the issues.

He cited the issue of candidates being unable to obtain their National Identification Numbers, adding the board would give update on the matter by Saturday.

“Presently, we have 1.2million candidates that have registered but we expect 1.9million. 600,000 candidates had made attempt to register but because of NIN they could not. We want to do an appraisal of all the issues to know if we are extending registration or not.

“Extending registration may not be the solution if we found out that we can give 80 per cent of those who have made attempt another password, then there will be no need to extend registration.

“We have to determine where the problem is coming before we can say we are extending. After today, we will address the press tomorrow on the outcome of the meeting on the main examination date and registration. We want to assess what is happening,” he said during a Zoom meeting.