The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has given an update regarding conduct of post utme. According to JAMB, Post UTME 2020 screening will begin from Monday 7 September, 2020.
Recall that JAMB had met with heads of all tertiary institutions in the country on Monday 10 August (today).
The meeting was held with a view of reaching conclusions on the 2020/2021 admission into the nation’s institutions.
The outcome of that meeting now is that universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education have resolved to commence Post UTME screening from September 7 to November 18, 2020.
This was contained in an announcement made by JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyele in Abuja at the end of the meeting.
According to the JAMB Registrar, this new date will give room to students writing WAEC, NECO, and NABTEB to take part in Post UTME screening.
Because, a good number of candidates are using awaiting results.
Bearing in mind that WAEC ends 7th September, after which NABTEB starts, and then NECO follows and end on 18th November.
Furthermore, to make the Post UTME 2020 screening convenient for candidates, JAMB registrar added that; institutions are at liberty to fix their post utme screening dates between September 7th – October 4th.
And for institutions that are unable to conduct their screening between that time, they can do so from November 18th.
You might want to check out:
- Post UTME cut-off mark of all Nigerian universities 2020/21
- List of federal universities in Nigeria and their school fees (2021)
Those are the two windows are for Post UTME screening for the 2020/2021 admissions.
What this mean is that from Monday 7th September, 2020, universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education can start conducting post utme screening.
So as a candidate taking post utme examination this year, start preparing. At least, you now know when to expect your screening. And if would like to receive admission and school information, please provide your email.
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