By our Reporter
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has clarified that there won’t be need for email to register Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry(UTME) and Direct entry(DE).
The Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof Is-haq Oloyede disclosed this while speaking with journalists on Tuesday evening.
According to him, email would only be requested at the successful completion of the registration exercise by candidates to access information on the examination.
He said, “As from Thursday, April 15, 2021, candidates will no longer be required to provide any email address during registration.
“Consequently, candidates will have the following options to access their profile during or after registration.
“i. Mobile APP on the candidates’ phone
(b) Sending the word email (space then the email address) on his /her registered phone to 55019.
“The email is typed twice for correctness (Email addresses will be entered twice for validation and prevention of typographical errors.”
Oloyede said the new system was to ensure candidates’ information are not exposed to dubious cyber cafe operators and other criminal elements who in the course of UTME/ Direct Entry registration steal email passwords to perpetrate fraud.
He said an individual’s mobile phone now remains the only major tool to carry out all the registration processes.
The JAMB CEO said the organization has phased out the use of cash for any transactions in the Computer-Based Test centres owned by JAMB but Automated Teller Machine cards.
He said the move was to frustrate the antics of touts who hang around JAMB CBT centres as well as prevent illegal charges.
Professor Oloyede said candidates who are only keen on using cash can visit privately owned centres for their registration and other activities.