UTME: JAMB Suspends Registration for 2017 Mock Exams

Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended registration for the 2017
Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) mock exercise

JAMB Registrar,
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, in a statement yesterday, assured Nigerians,
UTME candidates and their parents that all hands were on deck to ensure
the smooth conduct of this year’s UTME exercise.

‎Today,
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 yesterday,
being Friday 7th of April, 2017 and to resume on Monday 10TH of April,
2017. This is to notify the candidates and the concerned stakeholders
that there will be no sale of forms, registration and biometric
capturing at the various centres in which the Mock Examinations are
taking place.

“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.

“The Mock Examinations for interested candidates
taking place Saturday 8thApril, 2017 is intended to familiarise 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,” he added.

Oloyede
stated that 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, he said, is for the strict adherence of our officers and partners throughout the Federation.

“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. The next one week we believe is
sufficient to capture the remaining candidates as about 1,000,000
applicants have successful registered”.

The JAMB boss further
assured that no one would be left behind as the deadline may be extended
if there were applicants who did not succeed at registering due to
circumstances beyond their control.
“The Board sincerely regrets all
inconveniences and state its resolve to work tirelessly to change the
fortune of education in Nigerian,” he said

from thisday.