Less than a week that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) commenced registration for candidates in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, over 300,000 candidates have so far registered for the exams.
Making the revelation, Dr.Fabian Benjamin, the board head of media disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos.
According to him, the registration which commenced for candidates of Computer Based Test (CBT) on Jan.10 would close on Feb. 21., 2019. Benjamin noted that the process has being so far seamless, and the board is pleased with the development.
“We are happy with the way the process is going; we hope it will continue this way.
Meanwhile, JAMB had insisted that all candidates with issues of biometrics must go over to Abuja for it to be rectified. He reiterated the fact that only the Registrar of the board has the sole right to attend to such issues.
“Any candidate who may have issues with the capturing of his or her finger prints at their respective points of registration will need to come down to our office in Abuja.
“This will require the Chief Executive to do it himself for the purpose of security,” Benjamin said.
The National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) had argued that asking candidates with biometric issues to travel all the way to Abuja to get such issues sorted out was too demanding, citing dangers of transportation, fares, among others.
Chief Adeolu Ogunbanjo, the second Deputy National President of the Association, said that most parents were barely struggling to get money to get their children and wards registered.
Ogunbanjo said that for those with such biometric issues, travelling to Abuja was an additional burden.
