The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board , on Tuesday , announced that the Direct Entry application , which began in December 2017 , would close on June 4.

The Board ’s Head of Media , Dr Fabian Benjamin , made the announcement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria , in Abuja .
According to Benjamin , over 140 , 000 candidates have so far obtained the forms online .

He said that the closure became necessary in order to avail the board to plan ahead for the 2018 admission process into various institutions .

“With the policy meeting coming up on June 26 , which involves the Minister of Education and all stakeholders in the sector , the 2018 admission guidelines would be discussed and approved for the board .

“This includes both for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and DE .

“Therefore , candidates who are still interested and want to apply for the DE should use the window period of seven days to apply , as no extension of date will be granted .”

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