By Gom Mirian
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has unveiled its plans to postpone the registration of this year’s Direct Entry (DE) registration, saying it will commence after the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and National Population Census.
This announcement was contained in a statement issued by the board’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin on Sunday in Abuja.
Mr. Benjamin explained the DE registration which was scheduled to close on Thursday, 20th April 2023, was extended by one week to continue on Saturday, 6th May 2023, when the 2023 UTME and the national census exercise would have ended.
According to him, the development is to accommodate the conduct of the Board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) billed to start on Tuesday, 25th April 2023, and end on Wednesday, 3rd May 2023, while the National Census is scheduled to start on Wednesday, 3rd May 2023, and end on Friday, 5th May 2023.
He said: “Candidates desiring to register for the DE exercise are, therefore, directed to ensure that they obtain their DE ePINs from designated vending outlets on or before 30th April 2023, when ePIN vending would be closed.
“Candidates are then expected to proceed to the Board’s offices from Saturday, 6th April 2023, to Saturday, 13th May 2023, to complete their registration procedure.
The Board assured all candidates desirous of DE registration that none would be denied the opportunity to register provided they comply with the Board’s directives and within the stipulated time frame.
In the same vein, the Board solicited the understanding of candidates as it put in place some innovative measures aimed at checking the incidence of falsification of results, data, and other infractions.
