JAMB suspends activities relating to registration

… as candidates write mock exams today
… 1,000,000 applicants have so far been registered

In preparation of a hitch-free examination which is scheduled to take place in May, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that from 8 PM, April 7th, 2017, it will suspend all activities relating to the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration and to resume on 10th, April, 2017.
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> However, this does not preclude any candidate from going to Banks, NIPOST, interswitch or Remita to procure pins for registration on Monday as this is to prevent any disruption of the process and conduct of the mock examination.
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> ‎The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Board, Ishaq Oloyede who disclosed this yesterday in Abuja, said there will be no sale of forms, registration and biometric capturing at the various centres in which the Mock Examinations will take place.
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> ‎He said the Mock Examinations for interested candidates taking place today is intended to familiarise the candidates with the CBT systems and generally forecast the challenges that may be faced ahead in order to proactively address them.
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> He re-assured the candidates that there is no need for worry or anxiety and further pledged that in the next one week, eligible and interested applicants will be successfully registered as already, 1,000,000 applicants have successful registered.
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> While regretting all inconveniences caused as a result of the temporary closure of registration activities, Prof Oloyede assured of the possibility of an extension of registration date‎ as according to him, every applicant must be carried along.
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> ‎”Saturday April 8th , 2017 has been set aside for the Mock UTME.To seamlessly achieve this, the Board has s‎uspended all activities relating to the registration exercise in any CBT centre from 8pm today being Friday 7thof April, 2017 and  to resume on Monday 10THof April, 2017″.
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> ‎”There will be no sale of forms, registration and biometric capturing at the various centres in which the Mock Examinations are taking place.”
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> “This however does not preclude any candidate from going to Banks, NIPOST, interswitch or Remita to procure pins for registration on Monday. This is to prevent any disruption of the process and conduct of the mock examination.”
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> “The Mock Examinations are intended to familiarize our candidates with the CBT systems and generally forecast the challenges that may be faced ahead in order to proactively address them. It is just a rehearsal for us and candidates who want to experience the situation to expect during the actual examinations.”
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> “Therefore, the sale of forms, registration and biometrics at CBT Centres are to be suspended from 8:00 p.m. today till Monday, April 10, 2017. This notice is for the strict adherence of our officers and partners throughout the Federation.”
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> ‎”While wishing the candidates and officials participating in the examination a successful mock exercise, we once again re-assure the candidates that there is no need for worry or anxiety. In the next one week, we believe it will be sufficient to capture the remaining candidates as about 1,000,000 applicants have successful registered.
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> “No one will be left behind as the deadline may be extended if there are applicants who do not succeed at registering due to circumstances beyond their control.”