JAMB directs candidates to visit its website for examination details
- JAMB has directed candidates to visit its website for examination details
- The board’s head of media, Benjamin said they must not wait for the board to send the details
- He noted that the board would not be responsible for anyone who fails to adhere to instructions on the exercise
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised candidates for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) yet to receive their examinations details to visit its website for such information.
The board’s head of media, Fabian Benjamin, gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday, March 9, in Abuja, following complaints by candidates.
The examination commenced on Friday in JAMB approved computer based test centres with some 1.6 million candidates registered for test holding from March 9 to March 17.
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Benjamin said candidates must not wait for the board to send the details but to visit its website- www.jamb.org.ng – and follow the instructions provided to view and print out their examination slips.
He restated that the board would not be responsible for anyone who missed the test or failed to adhere to instructions on the exercise.
Some candidates are complaining that they have yet to receive examination information, including date, time, town and centre from the board, to be able to sit for the test.
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The registrar of JAMB, Is-hak Oloyede, on Wednesday advised candidates not to come late and to adhere to regulations on the exercise.
He said the board would not reschedule the examination for anyone who missed their chance and urged candidates to ensure they printed their e-slips from Tuesday to enable them to get prepared.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that UTME would begin on Friday, March 9 to March 17 as the full list of the examination centres across the country has been released.
About 1.6 million candidates are expected to write the examination in 602 centres across the country.
The spokesperson of the board Fabian Benjamin said the notification slip also carries the time and date allocated to each candidate.
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Source: Legit.ng
