JAMB to sell UTME form for two weeks
The
Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) which usually holds in March
will be holding in May this year.
Professor
Ishaq Oloyede, the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
(JAMB), said the examinations will be coming up later than usual as part of
steps to check malpractices.
JAMB has
announced that the 2017 UTME will hold in May.
Here’s
what you need to know about the much-awaited 2017 UTME.
1. The
forms for this year’s UTME will be on sale within two weeks.
2. The
examinations will be conducted in May and will not clash with any SSCE
examinations.
3. The
new date was agreed upon by all examination bodies after going through their
timetables.
4. The
new timing of the UTME was to check any form of malpractice, especially
upgrading of results.
5. JAMB
has scrapped the use of scratch cards because UTME candidates were being
extorted.
6. The
agency has handed over 10 officials to the police for investigation in
connection with fraud associated with sales of scratch cards.
7.
1.7million are expected to sit for UTME this year (about 1.5million candidates
for UTME and about 200,000 and 300,000 candidates for Direct Entry).
It's likely that all registration will comment online through JAMB new portal.
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