JAMB May Shift 2021 UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says the
possibility of shifting the date for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination, UTME, is very high.
JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, explained that this
was because of the inability of at least 600,000 candidates who have indicated
interest to participate, to register for the examination scheduled to hold
between June 5 and 19.
Speaking at a virtual meeting with 2021 UTME committee
members on Friday, he disclosed that 1.1 million candidates have so far
registered for the 2021 UTME, and the board anticipated approximately 1.9
million registrations at the end of the exercise.
The JAMB boss noted that while 50 per cent of the candidates
have already registered without problem, there was a need to carry everyone
along.
He stated that at the end of the meeting with the stakeholders,
they would decide on whether to shift the exam forward or not.
