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Though the registration is set to close on Monday, 17 June,
the turnout has been underwhelming, the examination body said, in a statement
by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin.
This is even as JAMB said it would not extend the
registration deadline.
He said despite expanding registration points beyond the
Professional Registration Centres (PRCs) in Lagos, Kwara, Osun, and Ogun
states, the anticipated number of candidates has yet to materialise.
He added that the expansion to include additional
registration centres was to accommodate all prospective DE candidates without
hitches. However, the board said it has experienced low turnout, especially at
key locations such as JKK Lagos, JAMB PRC, Ikoyi, and Ogba, Ikeja.
The statement reads in part: “For instance, in some of these
extra designated registration centres, less than 10 candidates had presented
themselves for registration, whereas the installed capacity of such centres was
over 100 candidates per day.
“This notwithstanding, eligible candidates wishing to
register for the 2024 DE are urged to take advantage of this window of
opportunity to register, as no further extension would be entertained by the
Board.”
JAMB also reiterated that no further extensions will be
granted, adding that eligible candidates are urged to utilise this last
opportunity to register, as “the Board would not listen to any further call for
extension when it eventually closes the exercise on Monday, 17 June 2024.”
Supplementary UTME
Mr Benjamin added that JAMB has scheduled the 2024
Supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for Friday, 21
June, and Saturday, 22 June.
The Board had earlier announced only Saturday, 22 June, but
now added Friday, 21st June, 2024.
“Furthermore, candidates, who printed their supplementary
UTME notification slip, and saw their schedule reading Friday, 21 June 2024,
needed not worry as it falls within the time allocated for the examination,” he
said.
Backstory
The 2024 Direct Entry registration commenced on Wednesday,
28 February, and was supposed to end on Thursday, 28 March. However, after
several subsequent considerations, the examination body extended the exercise
to Monday, 17 June 2024.
Direct Entry registration is for candidates with A-level
results who are admitted to universities in the second year.
In 2023, JAMB introduced a new verification system for the
A’Level results when it discovered that registrants had devised means of
circumventing the A-level qualifications required from DE candidates.
The examination body had discovered that some candidates
presented fake results, thereby forcing it to introduce strict measures to
check the legitimacy of A-level results.
Part of the measures to curb fake results was the
constitution of an A-level result verification task force as well as the
creation of a common platform for the verification of A-level results and
certificates.
JAMB Registrar, Is-haq Oloyede, also listed 13 acceptable
qualifications for Direct Entry Registration. These, he said, include a
university diploma, Ordinary National Diploma (OND), National Diploma (ND),
Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE), Higher National Diploma (HND), and a
university degree.
Others are authentic results from A-level examination bodies
such as Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB), Joint Universities
Preliminary Examination Board (JUPED), NABTEB Advanced National Business
Certificate, NABTEB Advanced National Technical Certificate, NABTEB GCE-A’Level
(2015 – 2021), Higher Islamic Studies Certificate by NBAIS, International
Baccalaureat,e and the National Registered Nurse/ Midwivery certificates.