The Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) has extended the registration exercise for the 2027 UTME
and postponed the scheduled mock examination.
The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-Haq
Oloyede, while disclosing this in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday,
apologised to candidates and other stakeholders.
“We could not go on with the Mock
Examination and hereby announce extension of registration exercise of
the 2017 UTME. Instead of the earlier announced April 19, the deadline
for the sale of forms and registration will now extend to Friday, May 5,
2017. Consequently, the 2017 UTME has also been postponed to start on
Saturday, May 13 – 20, 2017,” Oloyede stated.
Meanwhile, he said the Mock examination
earlier slated for Saturday, April 8 (yesterday), has been put on hold.
According to him, this is because the appropriate rehearsal and
test-running of the new system has been substantially achieved.
He said “the plan was to trial-test the
readiness of our facilities and address the challenges that may likely
confront the main examination”. He also stressed that the Mock
Examination remains free for willing candidates, while even the fee due
to the CBT centre owners are being paid by JAMB.
He stated that there is “no cost to the
candidates and at this moment, we have realised that the plan to hold
this Mock Examination was good for us. We are now in a better position
to achieve better than we would have done without this trial testing.
This is why the exercise is at no cost to the candidates,” he added.
Oloyede said he is the strong conviction
that the exercise is an experience for JAMB and that their systems
analysis has revealed interesting findings that would engender a
seamless and successful 2017 UTME exercise.
He continued: “On behalf of JAMB, we use
this opportunity to appreciate our stakeholders, including the
candidates, for being part of this experiment. Every disappointment is a
blessing, an old adage says. The blessing that will trail the
suspension of this Mock Examination and extension of registration
deadline will manifest in our main UTME by next month.”
“Once again, we appreciate and apologise
to the candidates who chose to participate in this free and voluntary
Mock Examination”, he added.
The Registrar said the developments “are
part of our experience towards ensuring a fruitful and successful UTME
this year and in the future.”
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