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Why JAMB Cancelled The Use Of Email For Registration

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Wednesday, reported that it has dropped the use of email for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) enlistment.

The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, while talking with columnists in Abuja said, thusly, candidates will have the accompanying choices to get to their profile during or after enlistment.

“As from Thursday, fifteenth April 2021, candidates will at this point don’t be needed to give any email address during enlistment.”

“The use of Mobile APP on the candidates’ phone and on the 55019 choice (being intended) for instance admission status checking, will be used for enrollment, admission, and so on their profile.”

“Printing of examination slip (Notification) or Result notice slip or tagging should be possible anyplace utilizing the candidate’s JAMB enrollment number as it were.”

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He clarified that candidates will give their email addresses solely after the 2021 UTME/DE enrollment practice has been pronounced shut by JAMB through (a) Mobile APP on his/her enlisted phone.

Likewise, sending the word email (space then the email address) on his/her enrolled phone to 55019.

“The email is composed twice for accuracy (Email addresses will be entered twice for approval and avoidance of typographical blunders,” Oloyede said.

Why JAMB Cancelled The Use Of Email For Registration

Oloyede further expressed that the advancement is to guarantee candidates’ data are not presented to questionable Cyber Cafe administrators and other criminal components who throughout UTME/Direct Entry enlistment take email passwords to execute extortion.

The JAMB supervisor said a person’s mobile phone presently stays the lone significant device to complete all the enlistment measures.

He added that the examination board has eliminated the use of money for any exchanges in the Computer-Based Test (CBT) centers claimed by JAMB, saying just use of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards is currently permitted.

While saying the move is to baffle the jokes of promotes who stay nearby JAMB CBT centers just as forestall illicit charges, Oloyede said candidates that are enthusiastic about utilizing money can visit exclusive centers for enlistment and different exercises.

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