Self-Service Registration Outlets to be Introduced In Abuja, Lagos For The 2022 UTME/DE:JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it aims to open self-service registration centers in Abuja and Lagos to capitalize on its applicants’ digital skills.

On Monday in Abuja, JAMB announced this in its Weekly Bulletin from the Office of the Registrar.

The method is designed to alleviate crowding at its authorized Computer-Based Tests (CBT) Centres in both cities, according to the Board.

The goal, according to the board, is to improve the digital skills of candidates who can complete the registration process on their own.It further stated that the registration access points would be expanded in accordance with the current federal government’s COVID-19 regulations.

The board expressed trust that the service provider, Bankfort, had assured of the seamless registration mode’s enormous potential.

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JAMB has also announced that it expects to pay out at least N50 million in additional commission to its financial vendors.

This came when it implemented a cashless system in its 2022 registration process.

Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, the board’s Registrar, was reported in the bulletin as adding that the added financial load is the price the board is willing to pay.

This, according to Oloyede, was in response to the board’s concern about the condition of UTME and Direct Entry (DE) candidates in the hands of shady CBT center proprietors.

“The move would put an end to other nefarious practices that frequently accompany the payment of direct service costs for registration at these centers,” he said.

Candidates are also asked to purchase an e-PIN for N3,500, a N500 compulsory reading text, and a N700 regulated price for CBT centers, which is subsidized by the federal government.

“All of the purchases cost N4,700 because candidates must now pay the regulated N700 fee for CBT centers as well as the e-PIN fee.

“The board would later transmit all accrued entitlements to respective CBT centres on a weekly basis or any timeframe agreeable to respective centres, to curtail all noticeable infractions.”

Oloyede also stated that, while the board now spearheads the collection of the N700 service charge on behalf of the centres, it would be taking on an additional responsibility of N25 commission.

He said that the N25 commission amounted to over N50 million in 2021.

Oloyede, however, urged all financial institutions to be involved in the UTME/DE registration to live up to expectation

According to him, the vendors would be held responsible for any act of misdemeanor or infraction committed by their agents.