JAMB Decries Low Direct Entry Registration

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has decried the low turnout of students for Direct Entry registration in the country.

In a statememt  by the board's spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB said it expanded its approved Professional Registration Centres, which are  in Lagos, Kwara and Osun states.

The statement read in part, “It is recalled that in a bid to ensure that all desiring 2024 Direct Entry, DE, candidates register for the exercise, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, had approved extra registration points, apart from the professional registration centres, PRCs, which are JAMB-owned centres in Lagos, Kwara and Osun states.

“This was to ensure that every eligible candidate is allowed to realise their dreams of registering for the exercise.

“However, findings from the field indicate that the expansion of registration centres was needless as the turnout in JKK Lagos, JAMB PRC, Ikoyi and Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos, is low, which is indicative of the fact that almost all prospective DE candidates had successfully registered.

“Eligible candidates wishing to register for the 2024 DE are urged to take advantage of this window of opportunity to register as no further extension would be entertained by the Board.”