The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board may change the dates of the year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, the Registrar, Prof. Is’aq Oloyede, announced Friday.
The Board will decide whether there is a need to extend the registration period and change the date, he said at a zoom meeting titled, ‘Briefing session for the committees on 2021 UTME’.
The entrance examinations are slated to hold from June to 19.
The contemplation to shift the dates was due to difficulties being experienced by the candidates in their efforts to register for the examinations, Oloyede explained.
“Presently, we have 1.2million candidates that have registered but we expect 1.9million. 600,000 candidates had made attempt to register but because of NIN they could not. We want to do an appraisal of all the issues to know if we are extending registration or not.
“Extending registration may not be the solution if we found out that we can give 80 per cent of those who have made attempt at another password, then there will be no need to extend registration.
“We have to determine where the problem is coming before we can say we are extending. After today, we will address the press tomorrow on the outcome of the meeting on the main examination date and registration. We want to assess what is happening.”
“The possibility of shifting the exam forward is still high, but that will be determined after our meeting with stakeholders. This is because about 600,000 candidates who have indicated an interest in the exam are yet to register. There is a need to give everyone the opportunity,” he explained.
The mock examinations scheduled to hold on May 20 will still hold as planned, Oloyede.
