2021 UTME: JAMB sets to begin sale of registration forms

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) discloses it has finished all preparations to begin the sale of 2021/2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration forms.

The board announced this in its Vol. 2, No. 15 Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar and made available to Top Naija on Monday in Abuja.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board stated that official dates for starting the sale of both documents and the conduct of the examinations would be announced not later than March 24.

As indicated by JAMB, the 2021 exercise was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The board further cautioned that any ongoing sale of forms and registration was fake and not related with JAMB.

It said, “This year’s exercise, unlike the previous years, is peculiar because of the series of disruptions to virtually all aspects of public life occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic.

“It is with this extant reality in mind that the delay is being experienced, with the board embarking on series of strategic adjustments, aimed at ensuring that academic activities are not unduly impacted.

“The public is to note that the 2021 UTME/DE application forms are not yet on sale. Anybody advertising anything to the contrary is a fraudster.”

The board, while reaffirming its commitment to guaranteeing stability in the entire process, also declared that it had caught one Mr Okogu Ambrose for illicitly registering candidates.

JAMB further clarified that Ambrose was apprehended after collecting monies from innocent candidates in the name of registering them for the yet to begin 2021/2022 UTME exercise.

It stated, “Ambrose is a serial offender, who was arrested in 2020 for extorting money for which he had no authorisation to execute.

“The board would, however, ensure that relevant security agencies prosecute Ambrose with the hope that he does not escape the long arm of the law this time.”

JAMB also urged everyone to support its drive towards guaranteeing that corrupt people in the society, who were determined to destroy education developmental aspirations, were punished according to the law.