2021 UTME: JAMB Orders Candidates To Reprint Mock Examination Slips

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, has asked
candidates sitting for its mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination, UTME, to reprint their examination slips.

The board gave the directive in its Weekly Bulletin of the
office of the Registrar, made available to newsmen on Monday in
Abuja.

JAMB stated that candidates, who had indicated interests to sit
for the mock- UTME and had earlier printed the examination slips,
were advised to reprint, following the shift in examination
date.

“Candidates, who had registered for the 2021 UTME and indicated
interest to sit for the optional mock examination, are to reprint
their mock notification slips.

“This is consequent on the change of date for the mock- UTME
earlier scheduled for Thursday, May 20 and now to hold on Thursday,
June 3.

“It is imperative to reprint as the new slip will have a new
date.

“As disclosed earlier, the optional mock notification slip can
be printed from anywhere that candidates find convenient, provided
they have internet access.

“To print the slip, candidates are to visit
https://www.jamb.gov.ng^[1] then click
on the facility and print their slips,” it stated.

The board explained that each slip contained candidates’ details
such as registration number and most importantly, the centre they
were to sit for the examination within their chosen examination
town.

It added that the slip also contained the expected time to be at
the centre.
Candidates, JAMB further advised, were expected to print and study
the contents in the slip to avoid mix up in the location of their
centres and name of the examination centres.

Recall that the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, had
recently announced the extension of the 2021 UTME and mock
examinations, following reports of widespread delay in
registration.

Mr Oloyede said that 2021 Mock earlier scheduled for May 20
would now hold on June 3, while the UTME would hold from June 19 to
July 3.

In a similar development, the board advised parents of
candidates to avoid falling victims of extortion from some schools,
under the pretence of registering their children in groups.

JAMB stated that “unlike the West African Examination Council
(WAEC) or National Examination Council (NECO) the UTME and Direct
Entry (DE) registration and examination were not school-based.

“As such, schools have no role whatsoever in these operational
processes of the board.

“This is because these exercises require only the participation
and engagement of individual candidates.

“Consequently, schools that are using the name of the board to
swindle parents of humongous sums of money for registration or
other services are hereby warned to desist forthwith,” it
stated

According to the board, the information is necessary because it
discovered series of data mutilation, occasioned by the unwholesome
practice of group processing of registration, among others.

It added that the cost of the UTME forms, ePINs, remained N3,500
and N500 for the reading text and not more, and that accredited
Computer Based Test, CBT, centres have been directed not to charge
above N700 as service charge.

The board reiterated that parents were to ensure their children
registered for the UTME individually and not as a group.

JAMB also said it had so far, registered 1,223,962 UTME
candidates and 63,586 DE candidates. NAN

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, has asked
candidates sitting for its mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination, UTME, to reprint their examination slips.

The board gave the directive in its Weekly Bulletin of the
office of the Registrar, made available to newsmen on Monday in
Abuja.

JAMB stated that candidates, who had indicated interests to sit
for the mock- UTME and had earlier printed the examination slips,
were advised to reprint, following the shift in examination
date.

“Candidates, who had registered for the 2021 UTME and indicated
interest to sit for the optional mock examination, are to reprint
their mock notification slips.

“This is consequent on the change of date for the mock- UTME
earlier scheduled for Thursday, May 20 and now to hold on Thursday,
June 3.

“It is imperative to reprint as the new slip will have a new
date.

“As disclosed earlier, the optional mock notification slip can
be printed from anywhere that candidates find convenient, provided
they have internet access.

“To print the slip, candidates are to visit
https://www.jamb.gov.ng^[1] then click
on the facility and print their slips,” it stated.

The board explained that each slip contained candidates’ details
such as registration number and most importantly, the centre they
were to sit for the examination within their chosen examination
town.

It added that the slip also contained the expected time to be at
the centre.
Candidates, JAMB further advised, were expected to print and study
the contents in the slip to avoid mix up in the location of their
centres and name of the examination centres.

Recall that the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, had
recently announced the extension of the 2021 UTME and mock
examinations, following reports of widespread delay in
registration.

Mr Oloyede said that 2021 Mock earlier scheduled for May 20
would now hold on June 3, while the UTME would hold from June 19 to
July 3.

In a similar development, the board advised parents of
candidates to avoid falling victims of extortion from some schools,
under the pretence of registering their children in groups.

JAMB stated that “unlike the West African Examination Council
(WAEC) or National Examination Council (NECO) the UTME and Direct
Entry (DE) registration and examination were not school-based.

“As such, schools have no role whatsoever in these operational
processes of the board.

“This is because these exercises require only the participation
and engagement of individual candidates.

“Consequently, schools that are using the name of the board to
swindle parents of humongous sums of money for registration or
other services are hereby warned to desist forthwith,” it
stated

According to the board, the information is necessary because it
discovered series of data mutilation, occasioned by the unwholesome
practice of group processing of registration, among others.

It added that the cost of the UTME forms, ePINs, remained N3,500
and N500 for the reading text and not more, and that accredited
Computer Based Test, CBT, centres have been directed not to charge
above N700 as service charge.

The board reiterated that parents were to ensure their children
registered for the UTME individually and not as a group.

JAMB also said it had so far, registered 1,223,962 UTME
candidates and 63,586 DE candidates. NAN