The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has concluded plans on the sale of its 2016 application forms.
This was contained in a statement by the board’s Head of Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.
According to the statement, the sales is to prepare candidates early for the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), while urging candidates to purchase the examination scratch cards from Zenith Bank, Skye Bank or First Bank .
"The registration fee for the UTME is N5,000 and candidates are also to pay N500 to obtain the textbook, 'The Last Days at Forcados High School’.
"Candidates will, however, be issued the book at the point of registration after showing evidence of payment,” the statement read.
The Matriculation board added that the registration period would span from Aug. 31 to Jan. 15, 2016 and the registration website will be closed on Jan. 19, 2016
The UTME is scheduled to commence on Feb.29 and end on March 14, 2016 the statement said.
Prospective candidates are therefore advised to ensure they obtain the application forms early, as well as fill their personal data correctly to avoid any mix up the statement added.
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