11/08/2020
The 2020 /2021 post - Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination screening will
commence in Nigeria ’ s higher institutions on
September 7 .
The agreement was reached at a meeting
between the Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board and Vice - Chancellors , Rectors , and
Provosts of tertiary institutions on Monday.
Registrar of JAMB , Prof Is- haq Oloyede, who
made the announcement , said the screening
would now hold between September 7 and
November 18 .
Earlier, the board had issued a guideline for all
tertiary institutions to begin their admission
with effect from August 20 .
Oloyede said the adjustment in the date would
allow students taking the 2020 O’ level
examinations to be able to participate in the
screening.
He said , “ Presently as you are aware, WAEC
starts the Senior School Certificate Examination
on August 17 , it will go on till September 7 .
“ Similarly , on September 21 or thereabout ,
NABTEB will commence its examination that
will go on till on the 15 of October , and
immediately after that , NECO starts on the 5 th
and will hold till 18 of November .
“ Rather than making candidates run ,
particularly , when they will have to write their
school certificate exam in different towns and
rush to university 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.
“ For those ( institutions) who want to take post -
UTME , that cannot be earlier than the 7 th of
September and it will be held twice –
September 7 to October 4, and then it will be
held for the second time on the 18 November to
mop up those who are taking their school
certificate examination . ”
