What you need to know about JAMB 2017

                                           

                                DURATION OF REGISTRATION 

JAMB started out sale of UTME forms/registration on Monday, 19th March and will end on 19th April,2017.

                                 HOW TO REGISTER FOR JAMB 2017 UTME

• Each candidate should have a personal e-mail address and a mobile number. The e-mail address must be functional and valid, as dysfunctional, invalid or already used emails will be rejected.
• Each candidate must personally create a JAMB profile on the JAMB portal through the mobile app available on Android, Windows and iOS platforms or visit a bank, or JAMB portal . Candidate's name, date of birth, personal e-mail address and place of origin are required.
• The payment of JAMB's E-PIN registration and recommended reading text is done at the bank and at NIPOST. Banks have also agreed to make these services available at accredited CBT centres and JAMB state offices.
• Each candidate must visit an accredited centre his/her personal details, the profile and evidence of payment.
• The CBT centre or JAMB state office offers, at no extra cost, the prescribed reading text and a CD containing:

      (i) an e-brochure showing guidelines on admission detailing list of tertiary institutions and available                     courses of study.

      (ii) an e-syllabus for the examination.

      (iii) step by step guide on completing the admission form.

      (iv) a video message from the JAMB registrar and a demo showing how to use the eight
           (8) keys for UTME examination without mouse (for students with little ICT knowledge).

•        Each candidate is to complete the online application form by supplying the required details such as Name, e-mail address, L.G.A, academic qualification, etc.
• At the CBT centre, each candidate's ten fingers biometric and image will be captured and uploaded.
• O' level and A' level grades are to provided by candidates. Candidates who have awaiting results should supply the result online as soon as they are available on JAMB portal. No recommendation by any institution will be considered by JAMB if the candidate has not supplied his/her results on JAMB portal.
• Each candidate should collect an e-slip at the end of registration as an evidence of registration.

                                   REGISTRATION FEE

Registration fee for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination or Direct Entry is Five thousand Naira( ₦5000). Candidates are also, as usual, to pay Five Hundred Naira (₦500) to obtain the reading text "In Independence" for UTME candidates and "Last Days At Forcados High School" for Direct Entry candidates. Candidates should note that E-pins purchased are tied to individual profiles and are not transferable. 

NB: Payment platform is through pin-vending. Not Remitta. Please do not pay through Remitta.              

                                REGISTRATION CENTRES

In line with the Board’s regulated registration exercise, only the accredited Computer Based Test Centres and JAMB States and FCT Offices will be allowed to register candidates. This is to avoid exploitation, offline registration, mismatch of candidates’ particulars and other registration irregularities.

                               DATE AND VENUE FOR UTME

The 2017 UTME will commence on 6 May and end on 20 May, 2017 (excluding May 12, 2017 because of Candidates sitting for WAEC’s Further Mathematics examination).

The venue of the examination will be at any centre in the candidate’s chosen examination town.

                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  

All JAMB approved examination centres, according to Oloyede are equipped with examination computers and CCTV cameras to track down any form of examination malpractices within and outside the halls. Candidates are expected to spend more time to study and adequately prepare for the examination rather than look for leaked questions because cheating in any form will be picked by the CCTV camera while the entire results will be cancelled.

Meanwhile, mock UTME is to be conducted for those who are taking the computer based test examinations for the first time, as it will help them have a feel of what the main examination will look like. According to feelers close to JAMB, exposing candidates to mock UTME was one of the reasons for the delay in sales of the examination forms.

Moreover, if the government enforces the bill passed into law on October 13, 2016, the result candidates get from this year’s examination will be valid for three years and not one year as it was previously. Besides, unlike previous years where the services of cyber cafe owners were employed for the registration of UTME candidates, under the leadership of the new registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, from 2017, only accredited centres by JAMB will be patronised for e-registration.

Ahead of 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has agreed on a harmonised timetable with other examination bodies in the country to have a hitch free examination. The bodies agreed that for the purpose of the 2017 UTME, JAMB will shift its examinations forward to allow students write WAEC, NECO and NABTEB examinations.

Contrary to the insinuation that candidates awaiting results were disqualified from registering for the 2017 UTME, JAMB spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin while speaking with Vanguard said that such candidates can register for the UTME, adding that they must also ensure that their results are ready and uploaded on JAMB and institution’s website before admission.

He said: “They can register, but at the point of admission, if your status is still indicating awaiting results, you will not be recommended for admission. For instance, if you write the exam in May, and in June, your results is on our website, by August when we will be going for our policy technical meeting, your result is there, you will be considered for admission.

“As soon as you get your results, you should upload it on our website or the institutions’ website. No recommendations from the institution will be coming to JAMB without the candidate’s results.”

In the new policy, candidates have the option of choosing two first degree institutions and any two of ND, NCE or IEI. Candidates can also make their choices to include four IEI or three NCE and one ND or degree. Candidates are required to get their O’Level results ready, because they will required to upload these during registration.

Prospective candidates are enjoined to be wary of those selling JAMB scratch cards, as there will be no sales of scratch cards for registration. Candidates can now have the option of selecting different examination years and examination type when combining their O’Level results.