The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has announced that registration for the 2024/2025 Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) will begin on Monday (today) and end on February 24, 2024.
The examination board has also rolled out the registration process for interested candidates across the country.
Ishaq Oloyede, the JAMB Registrar, speaking during a meeting with media executives in Lagos State on Sunday, said that measures have been put in place to ensure a smooth exercise.
“Prior to the commencement of the registration exercise, the Board conducts an accreditation exercise to check the suitability of each CBT Centre for the conduct of its examination,” Oloyode said.
He noted that members of the accreditation team of the CBT centres for the 2024 UTME included the Chief External Examiners (VCs/Rectors/Provosts), Technical Advisors, JAMB state coordinators and JAMB Technical Officers.
JAMB said part of the procedures for the registration is that candidates are expected to create a profile through the National Identity Number at various Computer-Based Test centres across the country.
To register, candidates are also expected to generate their profile with the use of JAMB USSD codes of 55019 or 66019.
This, he said, is compulsory for candidates, as a unique verification tool to thumbprint to end the registration exercise.
According to the procedure, the registration fee is N3,500 and the payment will be cashless to avoid any extortion.
In the meantime, JAMB has accredited 747 CBT centres for the 2024 UTME across the nation as against the 613 approved centres in 2023.
This means there is an increase of 134 CBT centres for the year’s matriculation examinations.
Lagos tops the list of states with the highest number of accredited centres with 80, followed by Ogun with 44 while Oyo takes the third position with 42 centres.
Zamfara has the lowest number of accredited centres – 6, while both Ebonyi and Kebbi States had 8 centres each.
