THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dismissed reports that it has candidates already in universities were barred from registering for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE).
The Board, in a statement by its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Wednesday, January 28, said the reports were a distortion of its guidelines by self-styled education advocates seeking attention and traffic on social media platforms.
He stated that this year’s UTME/DE advertisement clearly directed candidates to disclose their matriculation status during registration, in line with its mandate to prevent multiple admissions, explaining that it was not an offence for a candidate already enrolled in an institution to register for the UTME or Direct Entry examinations.
Benjamin said failure to disclose an existing matriculation status constitutes an offence under the law governing admissions, adding that disclosure meant that once a candidate secures a fresh admission, any previous admission automatically ceases to exist.
He said no candidate was legally permitted to hold two admissions concurrently under Nigeria’s admission regulations, saying mandatory disclosure has helped to curb the activities of matriculated students engaging as professional examination takers.
The JAMB spokesperson warned that candidates who failed to disclose prior to matriculation risk forfeiting both admissions if detected by its system.
He urged the public to rely on official guidelines and avoid misleading interpretations circulated for selfish interests.
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