JAMB postpones UTME examination, extends registration by two weeks

Ebun Francis| The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Saturday extended registration for its annual Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination by two weeks.

The UTME is also now expected to hold from June 19 to July 3, instead of the earlier scheduled date of June 5 and 19.

JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, had raised the possibility of the extension earlier on Friday during a virtual meeting with UTME committee members, citing the inability of at least 600,000 candidates to register for the examination despite indicating interest.

In a press conference on Saturday, Prof Oloyede said JAMB expects that the two-week extension will provide more candidates an opportunity to register for the examination.

The decision to extend, he said, was the outcome of a two-day stakeholders’ meeting of the body’s board in Abuja.