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JAMB announces registration of over 300,000 candidates for 2020/21 UTME/DE
The management of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board( JAMB) has announced that it has registered more than 300,000 candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The management of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board( JAMB) has announced that it has registered more than 300,000 candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
According to the board’s weekly bulletin obtained from the board’s website on Monday, JAMB has also registered more than 8, 000 Direct Entry candidates.
“Total profile code generated so far is 497,528.
“Total UTME pin vended is 344, 115, while total pin vended for DE is 10, 848. Total registered candidates for UTME, 316, 132, and total registered candidates for DE is 8, 490.
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“Total candidates who have indicated an interest in sitting for the mock UTME are 126, 402,” it said.
According to the bulletin, candidates can send their National Identity Number from any SIM of their choice provided the SIM has not been used by another candidate to register for UTME/DE in the past.
Moreso, the board said that this was contrary to its earlier statement that only the SIM that was linked to a candidate’s NIN could be used to send their NIN to 55019.