THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has extended the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, and the Direct Entry, DE registration by two weeks.
The board also extended the UTME examination as well as the mock to further dates. JAMB’S Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, announced the extension at a press conference, Saturday, in Abuja.
The registrar stated that “After a thorough meeting with the board, stakeholders recommended a two-week extension for registration, to now end on May 29, 2021.
“Accordingly the 2021 Mock UTME earlier scheduled for 20th May 2021 will now hold on June 3, 2021, while the main UTME will hold from June 19 – July 3, 2021.
He said a total of 1,134,424 candidates have so far registered as at the time the press conference was held.