The Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board, JAMB, has suspended the sale of the 2018 application forms
earlier scheduled to commence on Wednesday, November 22.
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TIMES report continues:
The
spokesperson of the board, Fabian Benjamin, said this in a press statement. He
noted that the postponement was due to the delay in meeting the agreed deadline
by the publisher of the compulsory reading text meant for prospective
candidates for the 2018 UTME.
The
board said the publisher had promised to deliver all the texts on or before the
November, 7, 2017.
“As
at close of work today, the publisher had not provided the 1.8 million copies
required and this development painfully forced to the Board to shift the date
from Wednesday 22nd November, 2017 to a date to be announced soon.
”JAMB
said it regrets all inconvenience occasioned by this postponement as it is
working round the clock to announce a new date soon”, the statement said.
According
to the board, candidates are urged to visit its website to familiarize themselves with the brochure before the commencement of the sale of the
application documents.
“The
brochure has been placed on the Board’s website so as to enable candidates
study it and avoid some of the mistakes associated with filling the application
documents. Understanding the process will not only help the candidates fill the
form smoothly but will also brightened their chances of getting admission”, it
said.
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TIMES had earlier reported that the Registrar of the board, Is-haq Oloyede said
the sale of application documents will commence on November 22 and end on
January 22, 2018.
The board had also proposed March 9 to 17 as the date for the examination taking into cognizance dates of other public examination.
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