JOINT Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has registered 92,490 candidates to sit for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
JAMB added that, 67,328 candidates had also registered to sit for its mock examination. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin from the Office of the Registrar on Monday in Abuja.
A break down analysis of the registered candidates by News Point Nigeria delineates that, the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Kaduna states are currently leading with the most registered candidates.
According to the figures obtained, Lagos has 10, 974 registered candidates; Kaduna has 9,443 candidates and the FCT has 9,157 registered candidates.
The figures also revealed that states like Abia, Bauchi, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara currently have the lowest number of registered candidates.
Abia has a total of 429 candidates so far; Bauchi, 957; Sokoto, 418; Yobe, 657 and Zamfara, 508. The registration deadline has been fixed for February 14, 2023.
Earlier, while giving a breakdown of its registration fees, the examination body noted that two e-pins were available for purchase, as candidates had the option to either register to sit for its mock UTME or not.
“As already effected in the UTME exercise, two e-pins are available, N5, 700 for without mock UTME; N6, 700 for with mock UTME, while the Direct Entry is N4,700.
“Approved UTME fee remains N3, 500, reading text N500, the registration fee is N700, with N1000 for Computer Based Test examination fee and an optional N1000 for mock examination for the candidates,” it said.
The board says it remits to the CBT centres, weekly what is due to them, adding that the measure is put in place to stop extortion of candidates.
It added that as part of measures put in place to enhance the sanctity of the examination process, examinations would be allowed to take place an hour after the scheduled commencement time.
It promised to reschedule any examination session affected by technical challenges from the board and communicate the date for the rescheduled session to the affected candidates.
“Candidates will be notified of their new schedule centres before they leave the examination centre.
