The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to May 29th.
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Register of JAMB who made the announcement at a news conference said the decision was reached at the end of a two-day meeting with stakeholders in Abuja on Saturday .
The board had earlier fixed the deadline for registration for May 15, however, had to extend the date owing to challenges candidates were faced with during registration.
Oloyede said that the board had identified challenges in registration and as such proffering solution to them.
Oloyede said that following this, 2021 Mock earlier scheduled for May 20 would now hold on June 3, while the UTME would hold from June 19 to July 3.
It was initially scheduled to hold between June 5 and 19.
“Field reports showed a huge improvement in the processes. As at today, 1,134,424 candidates have so far registered.
“Stakeholders undertook on the spot assessment of the CBT centers and discovered lapses which warranted the extension.
“The challenges among others include candidates non-compliance with registration requirements, using the wrong format to generate profile code and using multiple phone numbers, among others,” he said.
Oloyede said that the board would disburse a monitoring team to the states of the federation and direct CBT centers to stop selling e-pins.
He said that the board would sanction any CBT centers that violated the board’s requirements.
He, therefore, implore the Ministry of Education to help discourage parents to desist from registering underage children to pursue tertiary education.
