We may not extend 2022 UTME Registration Deadline- JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has expantiated on why it may not extend 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration Deadline.
The examination body expressed excitement over the huge level of progress and how smooth and seamless the registration has been so far. Prof. Oloyede stated for that sole reason, JAMB is already on course to meet its daily target of 100,000 registrations despite the minor disruptions witnessed in some of these registration centres.
This information was made known by the JAMB’s Registrar, Professor Is’haq Oloyede, while monitoring the registration exercise in some centres on Friday, in Lagos. Prof. Oloyede said almost 600,000 UTME and Direct Entry (DE) candidates had been registered, noting that with the level of progress made already, coupled with a hitch free process, he did not foresee the need for an extension of the deadline.
Prof. Oloyede in his words, “I want to categorically say that we are very excited with the way the exercise has been going so far, two weeks after it started therefore we do not forsee any extension.
“We had expected at least 50,000 registerations as at today, nationwide. If not for the few disruptions witnessed in some of these centres, it is possible to register even 100,000 candidates in a day. So far More than 55,000 have already registered today alone.
The JAMB registrar emphasized on the various measures introduced by the examination body to ensure a seamless and smooth registration by the UTME/DE candidates for the examination.
Oloyede pointed out that apart from the 55019 code which was used by candidates for registration with hardly any complaints, the examination board also introduced the 66019 code, which these candidates have hardly used for registration.
He said JAMB has discussed with its service providers to forestall any further disruption to the exercise, and with Airtel already on board with expansion and MTN to come with its own expansion too.
In his words, “We have hardly had complaint concerning the code 55019, where candidates get to send their NIN numbers to, after following the laid down steps.
“We recently introduced the 66019 code, and I must tell you it has been useless all these while.
“That goes a long way to show you that 55019 is working and is still working. Therefore any candidate having issues with it must be a self-inflicted one, on his or her part.
“Right now the only issues we are facing is capacity problem, apparently, which started day before yesterday.
“We have spoken with our service providers and Airtel has come on board with expansion. We are expecting MTN to come up with expansion too, so that this disruption doesn’t continue.
“We hope in the next few hours, the little technical hitches currently being experienced will be taken care of and we will be able to have the exercise run smoothly again.’
