Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has scrapped the use of email for the processing of registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry.
JAMB Registrar and Chief Executive, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, announced this when he spoke with newsmen on Tuesday.
He said that email would only be requested at the successful completion of the registration exercise.
“As from Thursday, April 15, 2021, candidates will no longer be required to provide any email address during registration.
“Consequently, candidates will have the following options to access their profile during or after registration.
“(a) i. Mobile APP on the candidates’ phone
ii. On the 55019 option (being designed) for example admission status checking, acceptance of admission etc on their profile.
“Printing of examination slip (Notification) or Result notification slip or ticketing can be done anywhere using the candidates JAMB registration number only.
“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
(b) 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.
According to him, the new system is meant to ensure candidates’ information are not exposed to dubious cyber cafe operators and other criminal elements, who in the course of UTME/ Direct Entry registration, steal email passwords to perpetrate fraud.
He said that a candidate’s mobile phone now remains the only major tool to carry out all the registration processes.
He also said that JAMB has phased out the use of cash for any transactions in the Computer-Based Test centres owned by JAMB. It now uses Automated Teller Machine cards.
The move, Oloyede said, was to prevent illegal charges among others.
The JAMB boss said that candidates who are keen on using cash can visit privately owned centres for their registration and other activities.