JAMB DENIES INCREASING UTME/DE EXAM REGISTRATION FEE, GIVES CLARIFICATION :

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has refuted reports of increasing the registration fee for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.

JAMB said contrary to reports, the cost of UTME remains N3,500

Fabian Benjamin, the JAMB Public Communication Advisor, said the cost of the Board examination fee was low to ensure that candidates are not overburdened.

A statement by Benjamin reads: “The attention of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been drawn to several publications in recent times insinuating that the Board has increased its examination registration fee.

“This is far from the truth as the cost of obtaining the Board’s UTME application documents remains N3,500, which has been the cost of its application documents since it was brought down from N5,000 in 2018.

Therefore, the Board wishes to state that the cost of the application document price has not been increased in spite of the prevailing economic reality in the country which has also affected the cost of the Board’s operations.

“Consequently, the Board wishes to assure the general public that the Board has been doing all within its powers to ensure that candidates are not overburdened in any way.One of these measures is to deliberately keep cost low hence its decision to make available its Use of English reading text free of charge through a QR code to ensure that the increase in cost of production is not passed to candidates.

Therefore, all UTME candidates would access the reading text free of charge through multiple channels, which include their profiles, e-mail addresses, notification slips and the Board’s website.