The
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Saturday announced the
extension of registration for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME).
It
also postponed the mock examination it scheduled for Saturday due to the failure of its technical partners .
The
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-Haq Oloyede, told newsmen in Abuja that sale of forms
and registration would now close on May 5 instead of April 19.
Oloyede also said
the 2017 UTME would now start
on Saturday, May 13
and end on May 20, as against
May 6 to May 20.
He
added that the mock examination earlier slated for Saturday April, 8, 2017 had
been put on hold so as to accommodate more candidates.
According
to him, this is because the appropriate rehearsal and test-running of the new
system has not been substantially achieved.
“
“The
postponement of the UTME mock examination was due to failure from our technical
partners. Yesterday (Friday) we told you people that if there was need for
extension, we would do that.
“
“Today
(Saturday), we put the system on trial and discovered that there were certain
failures from our technical partners.
“
“The
plan was to trial-test the readiness of our facilities and address the
challenges that may likely confront the main examination.
“”The
mock examination remains free for willing candidates, even the fee due to the
Computer Based Test (CBT) centre owners are being paid by JAMB.
“At
this moment, we have realized that the plan to hold this mock examination was
good for us. We are now in a position to
achieve better than we would have done without this trial testing.’’
“It
is our strong conviction that this exercise is an experience for us; our
systems analysis has revealed interesting findings that will engender a
seamless and successful 2017 UTME exercise . ‘’
He
said apologised to candidates and other stakeholders for the inconveniences
experienced and thanked them part of the experiment.
“”Every
disappointment is a blessing and the blessing that will trail the suspension of
this mock examination and extension of registration deadline will manifest in
our main UTME by next month,’’ he said
The
Registrar added that the mock examination was also part of the board’s
determination to ensure a successful UTME this year and in the
future.
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