Refunds N4,000 to candidates who registered late for 2021 UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rejected the National Business and Technical Examinations Board’s (NABTEB) advanced level certificate as an entry requirement for direct entry into tertiary institutions.
The board said in a statement by its director of admissions, Mr. Mohammed Ahmed that the policy became necessary following the discovery that relevant government policies on A Level programmes do not permit NABTEB from conducting advanced level examinations.
Consequently, Ahmed said JAMB would not process the admission of any candidate with NABTEB A/L Certificate.
“It has come to the notice of the Board that some institutions are accepting NABTEB A/L GCE as a qualification for Direct Entry (DE) Admissions.
“JAMB is aware that NABTEB is not authorised to offer GCE and is, therefore, compelled to take appropriate action.”
“Any A/L GCE Certificate issued by NABTEB is, therefore, not registrable with JAMB and the board would not process the admission of any candidate with such a result.
“Candidates who wish to enlist for A/Level examinations are to note,” Ahmed said.
Meanwhile, JAMB has announced that registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the direct entry examination will begin on February 12, 2022.
The board disclosed this in its weekly bulletin released by its spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin.
“UTME/DE registration starts 12th February 2022 and ends 19th March 2022. Mock examination holds on 20th April 2022. UTME holds from 20th to 30th April 2022,” JAMB stated.
Besides, the board said it would refund N4,000 deposit paid by candidates who could not complete the registration for the 2021 UTME and the direct entry examinations.
It urged the affected candidates to visit its website and complete a form for the refund of the value of the draft they submitted to the board.
The statement reads: “This is to notify all 2021 candidates who had deposited a draft of four thousand naira (N4,000) for late registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry but were unable to complete the registration process owing to no fault of the board, even after the board had extended the registration period twice, to visit the board’s website https://www.jamb.gov.ng, and complete a form for the refund of the value of the draft they submitted to the board.
“The above candidates are to click on the link 2021 UTME/DE Unregistered Candidates Bank Draft Recapture and fill the spaces after which they would key in the token sent to the phone numbers they had submitted during the submission of their drafts.
“It is this token that would be used to access a form on which they will fill in their account details for the refund of the value of the draft.”
