The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has registered over 1.9 million candidates for the 2020 unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), making it the highest number of candidate to have been registered for the examination.
Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB'S Head of Press and Public Relations made this known saying since the creation of the board in 1978, this was the highest number ever to be registered.
He added that the 2020 exam is scheduled between March 14 and April 4, 2020, while the mock examination is slated for February 18 for interested candidates.
"The registration closes on Monday night.
As I speak to you, we have registered over 1.9million.
That is the highest we have ever had in the 41-year history of the board.
Right now, we have surpassed the last year’s statistics at 1.8million.
That is to tell you that nobody has an excuse of why he or she could not register," Benjamin said.
"On the February 18 Mock, we have put everything in place.
Our workers who are deployed for the exercise are already on the field.
And as you are aware, the essence of the mock is to test the readiness of our facilities and also give the candidates the opportunity to have a hands-on experience on the computers," He said.
Meanwhile, candidates have swarmed registration centres in hopes of making it before the registration deadline.