The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has said Persons Living With Disability (PWD) who wish to sit for the 2024/2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination can register at no cost.
The JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this while rolling out the registration process for interested candidates across the country.
While announcing that registration for the 2024 matriculation examination will commence on Monday, (today), Oloyede said JAMB will issue free application documents to all categories of Persons Living With Disability as a form of support.
“To support the PLWD, JAMB will issue free application documents to all categories of Persons Living with Disabilities in the advertisement for the 2024 UTME/DE,” he said.
Oloyede who disclosed that measures have been put in place to ensure a smooth exercise for all candidates, said audio books will now be provided for all blind candidates.
The registrar said the development was a digital adaptation of the traditional reading book, noting that it will come in popular audio formats such as MP3, WMV, and WMA which will be compatible with all devices that can stream audio records.
He said the suggestion for the provision of audiobooks was made at the first National Conference on Equal Opportunity of Access to Higher Education in Nigeria.
Apart from the blind candidates, other groups to benefit from the free registration according to the examination body are people with Down syndrome, Autism, Dyslexia disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
“The following categories of candidates will now be listed under the disability group: Down syndrome, Autism, Dyslexia disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),” he said.
How To Register 2024 JAMB DE Exam
The Herald reports that JAMB has commenced the 2024/2025 Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examinations registration process for all interested candidates across the country.
Following the announcement, JAMB rolled out the registration process for interested candidates across the country.
1. Create your JAMB profile.
2. To create your JAMB profile, send your NIN to 55019 or 66019 as a text message. Write ‘NIN’ then space and add your 11-digit NIN number and send to 55019 or 66019.
E.g NIN 00123456789
Note that there should be space between the word NIN and your 11-digit NIN
After that, you will receive a confirmation code.
Things To Know Before Applying For 2024 JAMB DE
1. The JAMB Direct Entry form is different from the JAMB UTME form, which is for candidates who want to apply for admission into the first year of the university programme.
2. You can only register at JAMB offices.
3. You cannot apply for both JAMB DE and UTME in the same year.
4. The JAMB DE form is an online application form. You need to fill and submit it on the jamb portal.
5. JAMB only recognises and accepts twelve qualifications/certificates.
6. Statement of result is accepted for registration only within three years of the date of award.
7. Upgrade from UTME to DE is available only to candidates whose DE results have not been released at the point of UTME registration and those who indicated at the point of registration that he/she is awaiting A-level results.
8. The DE fee for the 2024/2025 session is tagged at N3,500. Other payments include N700 for the CBT Centre registration service charge, N1,500 for the CBT Centre service charge for mock/UTME and N500 for bank charges/commission.
This amounts to N6,200 for candidates who are not sitting for the MOCK examination and N7,700 will be paid by those who would sit for the MOCK examination.
9. You must have a National Identification Number.