JAMB directs all institutions to end 2017 admissions by Jan. 25

                   

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) on Thursday directed all
tertiary institutions to end their 2017
admission by January 25.
The Board’s Head of Media, Dr. Fabian
Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with
newsmen in Abuja.
Benjamin said the board’s decision came after
a meeting where all issues and ones bordering
on the admission process were taken into
consideration.
He said it was resolved that the academic
calendar must be adhered to.
According to him, the directive becomes
necessary as the board intends to meet up
with the academic calendar as earlier agreed.
“By implication, candidates who have gained
admissions into various institutions and are
yet to register or do not have admissions by
January 25 should begin to make preparations
for the 2018 UTME.
“The public must also note that the UTME
results are valid for only one year and not
three years as widely speculated.
“If changes are made on the validity, I assure
you the board would communicate
appropriately to the public.”
The board had recently said that the UTME
examinations would take place between
March 9 and 17, while the mock exams
would take place in the first week of
February.
Benjamin also noted that the sale of Direct
Entry forms are ongoing, while urging
candidates who intend to apply to do so
immediately as the sale of the DE forms ends
on the same date with the UTME’s.
“It has come to our knowledge that a lot of
candidates are not aware of the sale of the
Direct Entry forms, which we have
advertised.
“We are calling on desirous candidates to
please register their profile and obtain the pins
from the vending platforms.
“Candidates who want to apply to institutions
through DE must note that the sale of the
forms started same date as the UTME’s and
would end on the same date which is on
February 6.
“This form can be obtained through the same
process as the UTME forms.
“It could be purchased through vending
commercial banks, Mobile Money Operators
(MMO’s), interswitch, NIPOST and Remita,”
he said.
Benjamin, however, noted that candidates
should ensure that they disclose, at the point
of obtaining e-pins, the exact pins they are
paying for, that is, Direct Entry or UTME as
some unknowingly purchase Direct Entry
instead of UTME and vice-versa.