Some intending candidates of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) at Abule Egba a part of Lagos State spent as much as six hours on Monday making an attempt to be registered.
UTME is carried out by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) reviews that the registration, earlier scheduled to start out on Jan. 31, was rescheduled by JAMB to start on Monday.
It should finish on March 5.
Intending UTME candidates, together with Miss.Success Enonfu and her twin sister, who thronged to the Excellent Angel Pc Primarily based Testing (CBT) Centre, Abule-Egba, spent six hours on the centre however couldn’t be registered.
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“We have now been right here since morning, we stuffed the kinds and are ready for our time however the system has been very sluggish, and on the finish, had been requested to return tomorrow.
“This can be our third try at UTME registration. The processes of the earlier ones had been higher, and we spent lower than one hour to get registered.
“We didn’t cross the cut-off marks then,” Success advised NAN.
Miss Favour Adenle additionally advised NAN, after ready for hours, that she was on the centre on Friday, needing to be registered with out figuring out that the registration was postponed.
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“Many people got here right here on Friday solely to be advised that the registration had been shifted until Monday.
`’ JAMB has been thoughtful by way of the registration price, however there’s the necessity to put measures in place to make sure seamless registration,” she stated.
Mr. Emmanuel Owobu, who had written UTME twice, advised NAN that he had given up hope of going to a college because of the misplaced alternatives, however was compelled by his mother and father to make one other try.
He regretted the delay within the registration course of on the centre, saying that it constituted extra discouragement.
“I didn’t need to strive once more however my mother and father stated I need to, and right here I’m sitting for hours with out making a headway,” he stated.
Mr. Olaoluwa Adefamoye, the Supervisor of the CBT centre, stated that the registration system was solely accepting iPhone scanner.
He blamed the sluggish registration course of on the problem.
Adefamoye stated that the centre had 10 system operators able to attend to intending UTME candidates however had been being hindered by the scenario.
“We have now about 80 candidates on floor
“We had been in a position to register few.
“The issue shouldn’t be peculiar to this centre,” the supervisor advised NAN.
He appealed to JAMB to let the registration system settle for scanners from different units to make the method sooner and simpler.
NAN reviews that JAMB accepted 870 CBT centres for the 2025 UTME, a notable enhance from the 747 centres in 2024.
The examination begins on March 8.
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Mock UTME is scheduled for Feb. 23.
2025 UTME registration prices N7,200. Candidates wishing to take part within the mock examination can pay N8,200, whereas direct entry candidates are anticipated to pay N5,700
Mock examination is designed to permit candidates to familiarize themselves with the CBT format and improve their preparations.
JAMB additionally launched a UTME Mock Trial for candidates beneath the age of 16 who want to expertise the CBT course of with out collaborating in the principle UTME.
The goal is to arrange them forward of time.
