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1.6 Million Candidates Register For 2018 JAMB’s UTME Examination

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Two days to the end of the sale of forms for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that about 1.6 million candidates have so far registered for the exam.

The information was revealed by the board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos.

According to him, this year’s registration has been smooth and adjudged one of the best in recent times.

He however warned that the board will not grant any further extension.

“As at the close of work on Thursday, I can comfortably say that we have registered close to 1.6 million candidates for the examination.

“This year’s registration too can be adjudged as one of the best in recent times as it has been smooth, hitch and rancour-free.

“Having said this though, the board will like to warn that there may be no more extension of period of registration for candidates in our future examinations.

“This is because some mischievous persons may want to seize the opportunity of the lengthy period of registration to carry out infractions that could undermine the integrity of the examination.’’ 

“We are seriously considering reducing the registration period to about one month.”

“We no longer want to give fraudsters the opportunity to deploy all kinds of tricks into the process.

“Imagine a situation whereby in a whole month, less than 10 per cent registered until when we started approaching the last lap of the exercise.’’

Recall the board had granted approval for registration to be extended till midnight of Sunday, 11th February 2018 to accommodate candidates who failed to register earlier.