The Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) has made some major changes in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for 2017.

We updated some information on the examination earlier. More adjustments have however been made, and these are some of the things that will happen this year, that have never happened before:

1. Fourth Choice
JAMB has also introduced a fourth choice of school option for candidates but would only be able to select only one government school while filling out their forms online.

2. No choosing of public university
The following was also announced: The new registration platform will now be first choice, second choice, third choice and fourth choice and not most preferred, preferred etc as it was.

Candidates’ first choice can be a College, University, Innovative Enterprises Institutions or Polytechnic/Monotechnic. However, if a candidate makes a Public University his first choice, he will not have any public University to choose for 2nd, 3rd and 4th choice.

He will have on the remaining three choices, a College, a Polytechnic, Private University and IEI’S. However, candidates for the 2017 UTME can now select NCE (College) or ND (Polytechnic/ Monotechnic) as their 1st choice up to 3rd choice and the 4th IEI.

They can select the IEI (Innovative Enterprise Institution, ND) as their 1st choice up to the 4th choice, but can only pick a public university once.

3. JAMB form sold late
The organizers of the major examinations in the country, including JAMB met to avoid a clash in schedules and in order to have a harmonized timetable.

An agreement was reached at the national headquarters of the Board in Abuja on Tuesday, January 24, after a meeting with National Examination Council (NECO), West African Examination Council (WAEC) and National Business and Technical Examination (NABTEB) to harmonize the timetable.

This is one reason the registration is yet to begin.

4. Mock UTME
While speaking the body also announced that plans were in place for a mock UTME and this might explain the delay in beginning the sales of the examination forms. So if you are preparing, start your preparations now, so you can do well in both the mock and the real deal.

5. No scratch card
Speaking on the issue of scratch card, the registrar explained that one reason for the delay was due to issues the board had with sale of scratch cards.

He said that whereas candidates used to buy scratch cards to access the forms online previously, they planned to cancel that since it had been abused thoroughly.

According to Daily Trust, he said: “What we want to do is for students to pay directly to government coffers and we are working out the process of doing so to avoid the type of abuse that it has been subjected to.

“So, we want to sell directly and to make sure that candidates pay into TSA account. We have cases of students saying their scratch cards got burnt, others saying their scratch cards were swallowed by snakes or lost in an accident.”

http://www.kikiotolu.com/2017/03/5-things-that-will-happen-in-2017-jamb.html

Lalasticlala Mynd44 seun Dominique

Come o. Scratch cards swallowed by snakes?

Ok

Water it down

I don't even know the reason why I entered this thread.
Smh

Hmm....success to all those writing the exam

Fear don enter jambites

Professor Isaaq Oloyede is on for something, now jamb has finally taken over all admission procedures as the name inscribed. No more pume.....only 2 things are involved in the forthcoming jamb exam.... Is either u read well to pass or continue playing bet9ja to fail.... Applicants, it's left to u to choose one.... Gone are the days u hide in one big hall with expo and end up with high score

Scratch Cards swallowed by snakes. Nothing we no go hear.

Seems laudable, innovative!

Kudos.

I remember the good old days of writing jamb

Is the sales on now?

FreshShavedBalls:
Come o. Scratch cards swallowed by snakes?

That must be lala's sister

Swallowed by snakes? WTF

scrap people what's Jamb mock again the board are like ..let me come and be going

This is not good news for scratch card resellers.

Paying to the bank directly is surely the best. Good development by JAMB management.

Good initative. It's important for JAMB to keeps improving on its system.

Meanwhile, check my signature for ultimate admission guide e-book.

hmm private.universities dey find customers

yo

Gone r those days

I now know the reason why this thread made FP with tremendous acceleration and alercrity "scratch card swallowed by lalasticlala "

nothing man no go ever hear... snake dey swallow scratch card, na food abi na scrotum,?

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Village ppl.....those damn village ppl

Yes it's true, snake swallow Lie Mohammed Scratch Card last year... You can call him to confirm!!!

Ok

FreshShavedBalls:
Come o. Scratch cards swallowed by snakes?

It must be a euphemism for co.ck and bull story.