The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says there will not be any need for e-mail of prospective candidates registering for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE).
Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, who made this known on Wednesday, explained that email addresses of applicants will only be requested after the successful completion of the registration to access information on the examination.
He said an individual’s mobile phone now remains the only major tool to carry out all the registration processes.
Oloyede added that as from Thursday, April 15, 2021, candidates would no longer be required to provide any email address during registration
According to him, candidates will have the options to access their profile during or after registration.
The JAMB registrar clarified that the new system is to protect candidates’ and ensure that their vital information are not exposed to dubious cyber cafe operators and other criminal elements who in the course of UTME/DE registration steal email passwords to perpetrate fraud.
Oloyede said the options for applicants include “mobile APP on the candidates’ phone, on the 55019 option (being designed) for example admission status checking, acceptance of admission etc on their profile.”
The registrar added: “Printing of examination slip (notification) or result notification slip or ticketing can be done anywhere using the candidates JAMB registration number only.
According to him,“At the conclusion of the 2021 UTME/DE registration exercise, candidates will provide their email addresses only after the 2021 UTME/DE registration exercise has been declared closed by JAMB through (a) mobile APP on his/her registered phone.
“Sending the word email (space then the email address) on his /her registered phone to 55019",.
“The email is typed twice for correctness (email addresses will be entered twice for validation and prevention of typographical errors.”
Oloyede said the board has phased out the use of cash for any transactions in the computer-based test (CBT) centres owned by JAMB, saying only the use of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards is now allowed.
The registrar, while saying the move is to frustrate the antics of touts who hang around JAMB CBT centres, as well as prevent illegal charges, advising candidates interested in using cash to visit privately-owned centres for their registration and other activities.
Adegoke Justina, a final year student of University of Abuja (UNIAbuja), sharing her experience with fraudsters, said that she was lured to hand over her email details to a cyber cafe staff, who posed as staff of the Board.
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