Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board extends registration exercise

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended its 2023 UTME (Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination) registration exercise by one week starting from Wednesday, 15th February, 2023.

The board made this known in a statement signed and made available to journalists in Abuja by the Head Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin

According to him, JAMB says the sale of ePINs will now end on Monday, 20th February, 2023, while the UTME registration ends on Wednesday, 22nd February, 2023.

It would recalled that in line with the Board’s 2023 Schedule of Activities, as earlier released, the closing date for the sale of both the ePINs and the 2023 UTME application documents was slated for Tuesday, 14th February, 2023.

At the close of the sale of ePINs on Tuesday, 14th February, 2023, a total number of 1,527,068 candidates had succesfully registered for the 2023 UTME exercise inclusive of the 168,748, who indicated their interest to sit for the Mock-UTME.

“It should also be noted that the Board, based on its projections, had expanded its capacity to register up to a hundred thousand candidates per day. With this, it was possible to register all desiring candidates within the space of a few days. However, less than fifty thousand candidates were turning up for registration which is less than the installed registration capacity

“Surprisingly, in the last two days before the closing date, the pace picked up remarkably with over a hundred thousand candidates registering on a daily basis.”

He explained that following reports from across the country indicating some difficulties being faced by many Nigerians in using their electronic channels to purchase the ePINs or obtain cash readily within the stipulated period, the Board then took cognisance of the development and extended the registration date

“It has, as a consequence, granted this extension to ensure that all candidates who desire to register for the 2023 UTME are given the opportunity to do so expecially when the extant challenges are not of their own making JAMB.“

PIAK