No fewer than 1.7 million candidates are set to take part in the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination scheduled to run from May 6 to 16 nationwide.
Only about 500,000 admission spaces are available in all the nation’s tertiary institutions.
The Head of Media, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, stated this in Abuja.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board stated that the examination would be conducted for 1,761,338 candidates that successfully registered for the examination in 755 registered computer based centres.
Benjamin said the board had put in place all measures to ensure smooth conduct of the examination.
He said that all candidates would be checked into the examination hall using the Biometric Verification Machine, which is also a register of attendance in line with the Board’s policy.
He further said that the ban on prohibited items was still in force, hence called on candidates to be careful not to run foul of the law as necessary sanctions would be meted out to violators of JAMB’s code of conduct.
Benjamin identified banned items within the examination hall to include but not limited to flash drives, smart watches, calculators, recorders, mobile phones, spy reading glasses and jewellery.
