The figure of registered candidates in the year 2022 exercise is improved than roughly1.4 million applicants that were registered in 2021.
At the close of the enrollment for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) programme on Saturday, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said a sum of applicants were successfully captured in the exercise that took place nationwide between February 19 and March 26.
This is contained in the last daily bulletin by JAMB which was released in Sunday night.
With N4,700 enrollment price paid by the candidates, JAMB has successfully generated an estimated profit of a sum total of N8.6 billion.
Out of the lump sum, a sum total of 776 computer- grounded test centres that took part in the exercise will partake an estimated measure of N1.3 billion at the rate of N700 per applicant registered by each of the centres.
JAMB has also pledged support for the CBT centre holders over the unexpected increase in the prices of diesel and the erratic power force suffered nationwide lately.
The examination body said it recognised the plight of its consorts, and appealed for their understanding, saying it would seek necessary approbations to grant them the necessary support as may be allowed
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‘Registration surpasses anticipation’
According to the examination body, an estimated figure of 1.5 million applicants had been targeted for enrollment during the exercise with an estimated applicants per day.
During a stint of the CBT centres during the enrollment, the JAMB registrar, Is-haq Oloyede, a professor, said predicated on the body’s computation, about 1.5 million applicants were being awaited to complete their enrollment at the end of the exercise.
Speaking at the weekend with our journalist, JAMB’s head of media and protocol, Fabian Benjamin, said the figure of the registered had exceeded the body’s expectation.
He said unlike in the history when the relinquishment of the National Identification Number (NIN) as a compulsory condition for candidates had constituted challenge to the system, there had been little or no complaints in the just concluded exercise.
Mr Benjamin confided the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) for a flawless exercise, indeed as he called for further cooperation with the organisation and other applicable agencies.
The figure of registered candidates in the year 2022 exercise is improved than roughly 1.4 million applicants who were registered in 2021.
JAMB had also reimbursed some applicants who were unfit to complete their enrollment in 2021 but had paid the enrollment figure.
Pockets of complaints
Meanwhile, some candidates also expressed frustration in their labors to create their profile codes through the use of their NIN.
Some of the candidates including Akinrinade Maryam, a 16- time-old student, said they couldn’t generate profile codes as directed by JAMB over what they described as NIMC’s failure to upload their NIN.
According to Miss Akinrinade, it took the intervention “of numerous people” before NIMC could modernize her NIN “ as I was only suitable to register lower than 24 hours to the close of the enrollment exercise for the year.”
The candidate said the development also denied her the occasion to register for the Mock Examination which JAMB had fixed for April.
“The mock examination is for those who are suitable to register early but I couldn’t because my NIN wasn’t active and so I could n’t register until Friday, just a day before the close of enrollment. There are numerous of my mates who were also affected by the specialized issue.”
Supporting the development, the chairman of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) and founder of Lagooz Schools in Lagos, Yọmi Otubela, said some candidates had faced resembling challenges at the centre, and that labors to get the matter addressed proved unsuccessful.
Mr Otubela advised JAMB to always factor in similar specialized difficulties, and that if similar cases are established, “ victims should be allowed to register for the examination to avoid disenfranchisement of willing students.”
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