JAMB Registers 1.1m Candidates, Remits N600m CBT Centre Charges

As of March 12, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) reported that 1,121,123 candidates had registered for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The board made the announcement in its Weekly Bulletin, which was released yesterday in Abuja by its Head of Media and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin.

It stated that registration for the UTME and Direct Entry (DE), which began on February 19, will end on March 26 if no extension is granted.

JAMB also stated that it had paid a total of N600 million derived from the regulated N700 registration fee to accredited Computer-Based Tests (CBT) centers.

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“JAMB had so far remitted over N600 million in service charges to respective centers, in line with the board’s cashless policy, which represents the total number of candidates multiplied by N700,” the statement said. However, JAMB-owned CBT centers are not included in this payment.

“In the first week of registration, N104,899,300 was paid; in the second week, N251,730,500 was paid; and in the third week, N332,150,700 was paid.”

“Over N600 million in centre charges had been paid to the CBT centers cumulatively.”

JAMB has also urged parents (particularly the elite), guardians, and school proprietors to allow candidates to register for the board’s UTME/DE on their own in order to facilitate the smooth processing of profile codes and address the incessant reports of candidates being assigned programmes other than their preferred choices.

According to the statement, the cashless policy was implemented to curb the excesses of some fraudulent CBT centers looking to take advantage of unsuspecting candidates.