The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has postponed the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) screening for the 2020 admission processes till September 7.
The screening exercise/test usually comes up after UTME before students are finally admitted to universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in the country.
The board said the shift in the date of the admission process from the earlier announced Aug. 21 was to accommodate candidates who would be taking part in this year’s school-based Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
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The Board Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Monday, during a consultative virtual meeting with Vice Chancellors, Rectors, and Provosts of tertiary institutions, said:“Presently as you are aware, WAEC starts the Senior School Certificate Examination on Aug. 17, it will go on till Sept. 7.
“Similarly, on Sept. 2 or thereabout, NABTEB will commence its own examination that will go on till Oct. 15, and immediately after that, NECO starts from the 5th to Nov.18.
“Rather than making candidates run, particularly, when they will have to write their school certificate exam in different towns and rush to universities elsewhere for post-UTME, like somebody rushing from Sokoto to Ibadan for post-UTME, we believe as a custodian of the highest sector of the education system, we should avoid that,” Oloyede said.
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The JAMB boss said institutions whose post-UTME screening was mandatory for candidates would have to spread such exercise in two phases.
