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Ahead of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration exercise, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned candidates against engaging in multiple registrations.
This warning was contained in a statement signed by the Director, Test Administration Department, Mrs. Ville Pius, said: “ Multiple registrations are not allowed in the 2024 UTME exercise, candidates, who register more than once would be identified, disqualified and prosecuted.”
Furthermore, the director explained that in the event of any error during the registration process, candidates are to approach the Board for necessary corrections rather than obtaining fresh application documents, as they would be deemed to have engaged in multiple registrations, which could invalidate their applications.
The statement, therefore, urged candidates to read and understand the various guidelines on registration as well as the set of instructions related on the Board’s advertisement on registration, among others, on how to complete the registration process.
Meanwhile, prospective candidates are also reminded that upon the completion of registration, they would be required to sign an MoU on compliance with ethical standards guiding their applications.
The Director also advised candidates against divulging their security details such as registration number, passwords, e-mail addresses and e-PIN to third parties, adding that no centre is allowed to request or accept candidates’ passwords.
A related development, JAMB has debunked several publications in recent times insinuating that the Board has increased its examination registration fee.
The Board said this is far from the truth, as the cost of obtaining the UTME application documents remains N3, 500, which have been the cost of its application documents since it was brought down from N5, 000 in 2018.
Therefore, the Board wishes to state that the cost of application documents price has not been increased in spite of the prevailing economic reality in the country, which has also affected the cost of the Board’s operations.
Consequently, the Board assured the general public that it had been doing all within its powers to ensure that candidates are not overburdened in anyway.
JAMB said one of these measures is to deliberately keep cost low hence its decision to make available its Use of English reading text free of charge through a QR code to ensure that the increase in cost of production is not passed to candidates.
Therefore, all UTME candidates would access the reading text free of charge through multiple channels, which include their profiles, e-mail address, notification slip and the Board’s website.
“It is, however, pertinent to state the fact that what is being perceived in some quarters as increment in its fees is nothing other than the fallout of its cashless policy through which all fees payable by candidates to CBT centres have been consolidated and are paid along with their application fees to prevent their wanton exploitation by unscrupulous centre owners.
“These fees are in turn remitted to partnering centres on a weekly basis. For instance, candidates are expected to pay N700 for registration, N1500 as examination fees and N1500 for the optional Mock-UTME at privately – owned centres.
“It is also worthy to note that the Board had been resisting the call by its partnering and privately-owned centres for a drastic increase in the cost of the services they render to the candidates as a consequence of the current economic situation to which the Board has always maintained that its services are not for profit. For the avoidance of doubt, the 2024 UTME/DE e-PIN remains N3, 500,’’ JAMB noted.
The registration fee of N700, which is to be paid to CBT centres by candidates, is now to be collected by the Board along with N1500, which is the cost for sitting the main UTME, and N1, 500 as the cost of the optional Mock-UTME etc are to be collected by the Board on behalf of the CBT centres.
