The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) ready to organise the 2024/2025 Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), and it says registration has opened for all interested candidates across Nigeria.
JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, announced the commencement of registration at a meeting with media executives in Lagos State on Sunday.
He told them that measures have been put in place to ensure a smooth exercise for all interested candidates.
Oloyede said that UTME candidates would register first before the Direct Entry candidates.
He added that the sale of DE application documents and E-PIN vending will begin on Wednesday, February 28 and close by Thursday, March 28, 2024.
The registrar said, “It is available only at JAMB Offices.
Know This Before Applying
1. The JAMB Direct Entry form is different from the JAMB UTME form, which is for candidates who want to apply for admission into the first year of the university programme.
2. You can only register at JAMB offices.
3. You cannot apply for both JAMB DE and UTME in the same year.
4. The JAMB DE form is an online application form. You need to fill and submit it on the jamb portal.
5. JAMB only recognises and accepts twelve qualifications/certificates.
6. Statement of result is accepted for registration only within three years of the date of award.
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7. Upgrade from UTME to DE is available only to candidates whose DE results have not been released at the point of UTME registration and those who indicated at the point of registration that he/she is awaiting A-level results.
8. The DE fee for the 2024/2025 session is tagged at ₦3,500. Other payments include ₦700 for the CBT Centre registration service charge, ₦1,500 for the CBT Centre service charge for mock/UTME and ₦500 for bank charges/commission.
This amounts to ₦6,200 for candidates who are not sitting for the MOCK examination and ₦7,700 will be paid by those who would sit for the MOCK examination.
9. You must have a National Identification Number.
UTME Payment Method
The following are the methods of payment that can be explored by interested candidates.
1. Bank payment: You can use the e-PIN generated on the JAMB portal to pay.
2. Online payment: Use your ATM card or USSD code on the JAMB portal to pay.
1. Create your JAMB profile.
2. To create your JAMB profile, send your NIN to 55019 or 66019 as a text message. Write ‘NIN’ then space and add your 11-digit NIN number and send to 55019 or 66019.
E.g NIN 00123456789
Note that there should be space between the word NIN and your 11-digit NIN.
After that, you will receive a confirmation code.
