The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it registered 1,837,011 candidates at the end of its 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The board, which stated this in its Weekly Bulletin yesterday in Abuja, said the figure included the Direct Entry (DE) candidates.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the board’s 2022 registration started on February 19 and ended on March 26.
The board has also scheduled its examinations to hold from May 6 to May 16.
JAMB also said N238,105,700 cumulative amount derived from the regulated N700 service charges from the fifth week of the exercise had been remitted to its accredited Computer Based Tests (CBT) centres.
NAN recalls that the board had earlier banned the use of cash in all its accredited CBT centres during the exercise.
It directed all candidates to pay the service charges to the e-PIN vendors along with the N3,500 application fees, which it remits to the centres on a weekly basis proportional to the number of candidates they register.
The board said the payments of the accumulated sum to all centres excluded JAMB-owned CBT centres.
The policy, it added, had reduced the sharp practices associated with tying down candidates to non-performing centres.
The board explained that the policy was also introduced to curb the excesses of some fraudulent CBT centres, which extort candidates.
JAMB said it had made significant progress in the registration of candidates for the 2022 exercise, as compared to the 2021 exercise.
It attributed the improvement to its partnership with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), adding that the seamless process had yielded the desired results.
JAMB also urged candidates to guard all their information jealously by providing their details to only designated officials, while ensuring that their details do not fall into wrong hands
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it registered 1,837,011 candidates at the end of its 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The board, which stated this in its Weekly Bulletin yesterday in Abuja, said the figure included the Direct Entry (DE) candidates.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the board’s 2022 registration started on February 19 and ended on March 26.
The board has also scheduled its examinations to hold from May 6 to May 16.
JAMB also said N238,105,700 cumulative amount derived from the regulated N700 service charges from the fifth week of the exercise had been remitted to its accredited Computer Based Tests (CBT) centres.
NAN recalls that the board had earlier banned the use of cash in all its accredited CBT centres during the exercise.
It directed all candidates to pay the service charges to the e-PIN vendors along with the N3,500 application fees, which it remits to the centres on a weekly basis proportional to the number of candidates they register.
The board said the payments of the accumulated sum to all centres excluded JAMB-owned CBT centres.
The policy, it added, had reduced the sharp practices associated with tying down candidates to non-performing centres.
The board explained that the policy was also introduced to curb the excesses of some fraudulent CBT centres, which extort candidates.
JAMB said it had made significant progress in the registration of candidates for the 2022 exercise, as compared to the 2021 exercise.
It attributed the improvement to its partnership with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), adding that the seamless process had yielded the desired results.
JAMB also urged candidates to guard all their information jealously by providing their details to only designated officials, while ensuring that their details do not fall into wrong hands
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