The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended the ongoing 2023 Direct Entry Registration exercise until further notice.
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The suspension of the DE Registration will take effect from Tuesday 21 February, 2023.
The DE Registration kicked off on Monday 20 February, 2023.
According to JAMB:
The suspension, according to a statement issued by the Board, is to enable the deployment of certain measures, which are designed to better serve prospective candidates.
Consequently, the Board stated that a new date and fresh registration procedures, which will include
Upload of JAMB Admission Letter in the case of OND and NCE, Admission Letter issued by universities in the case of University Diploma, and Admission Letter issued by A’ Level examination bodies (IJMBE, JUPEB, etc.), would be announced in due course
so that candidates could proceed to JAMB offices nationwide to register.
It would be recalled that the Board had commenced DE registration on Monday, 20th February, 2023, and had slated it to end on Thursday, 20th April, 2023.
Candidates are also to note that only JAMB offices are approved to register them for Direct Entry.
Fabian Benjamin, Ph.D
Head, Public Affairs and Protocol