Over one point nine million candidates have so far registered for the ongoing 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME and the Direct Entry, DE preparatory to seeking admission into various tertiary institutions in the country.
The development came as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said it would not extend the February seventeen 2020, deadline for the registrations.
The board which described the huge rate of registration within five weeks of commencement of sale of the forms as unprecedented in the history of UTME and DE registrations in the country insisted that its deadline was sacrosanct.
JAMB’s Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, who spoke to newsmen, said contrary to the fear that many prospective candidates would be left out if there was no extension, almost all the candidates had registered evidenced in most registration centres which was found empty.
Recall that the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, had at a meeting with education stakeholders in Abuja, announced that registration for both UTME and the DE would begin on January thirteen and end on February seventeen, 2020.
JAMB, according to Professor Oloyede, also officially proposed March fourteen to April four, 2020, as the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination, UTME dates.
The board also disclosed that February 18th, 2020, was slated for mock examination which usually comes before the main UTME examinations, though the JAMB’s Mock examinations are always optional for candidates.
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