Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Segun Aina, has said the examination body would introduce several technology-driven initiatives ahead of the 2027 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Speaking in Abuja yesterday after a five-kilometre walk organised for the board’s staff as part of preparations for the 2027 UTME, Aina said JAMB would introduce a pre-registration application to guide prospective candidates.
He said; “There are a lot of innovations that are coming up. Now, we are rolling out what we are calling a pre-registration application. It’s a mobile application that allows you, from the comfort of your own home, to get your details from NIMC, register with your biodata, select your subjects, courses and institution.
“During that process, we will be providing some advanced advisory services that we did not offer before. For instance, when you are trying to select a course, you will see an indication of the entry marks required for that course in the previous year.”
According to the JAMB registrar, the application would also reduce candidates’ waiting time when they eventually register for the UTME, including during biometric capture.
He added that the board would also introduce an innovation to prevent candidates from making wrong choices of courses during registration.
“There are a lot of innovations. Before now, you could potentially make wrong subject choices for the course you intend to study,” he said.