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JAMB scraps use of email for UTME/DE registration
Registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja.
The board said email would only be requested at the successful completion of the registration exercise by candidates to access information on the examination.
“As from Thursday, 15, April 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,” JAMB boss said.
“Consequently, candidates will have the following options to access their profile during or after registration.
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“i. Mobile APP on the candidates’ phone
ii. On the 55019 option (being designed) for example admission status checking, acceptance of admission etc on their profile.
“Printing of examination slip (Notification) or Result notification slip or ticketing can be done anywhere using the candidate’s JAMB registration number only.
“At the conclusion of the 2021 UTME/DE registration exercise, candidates will provide their email addresses only after the 2021 UTME/DE registration exercise has been declared closed by JAMB through (a) Mobile APP on his/her registered phone
(b) Sending the word email (space then the email address) on his /her registered phone to 55019.
Oloyede said the new system forestalls exposure of candidates’ information to dubious cyber cafe operators and other criminal elements who in the course of UTME/ DE registration steal email passwords to perpetrate fraud.