The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that the 2020/2021 post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) screening will commence in Nigeria’s higher institutions on September 7.
Following a meeting between the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and Vice-Chancellors, Rectors, and Provosts of tertiary institutions on Monday, the agreement was reached that the screening would now hold between September 7 and November 18.
Registrar of JAMB, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, who made the announcement, said the change in the date would allow students partaking in the 2020 O’ level examinations (WASSCE, NECO and NABTEB) to participate in the screening.For those (institutions) who want to take post-UTME, that cannot be earlier than the 7th of September and it will be held twice – September 7 to October 4, and then it will be held for the second time on the 18 November to mop up those who are taking their school certificate examination,” Oloyede added.
