The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the 2024 Direct Entry (DE) registration by two weeks to Thursday, April 11, 2024.

JAMB made this known via a statement issued by its spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Saturday, March 23, 2024.

Benjamin noted that the extension was to allow all intending candidates to register.

It would be recalled that the Board commenced the sale of the 2024 Direct Entry forms on February 28, with March 28 as the date to end the registration.

JAMB begins Direct Entry forms’ sale

However, Benjamin stated that the two-week extension became necessary following the challenges faced by candidates in going through some of the security screening measures put in place to arrest the cases of fake A’level certificates being paraded by some Direct Entry candidates.

The JAMB spokesman said: “The Board apologises for the inconveniences caused to prospective DE candidates and pledges that, going forward, the process would be made more user-friendly.

“However, in doing this, the Board will not compromise on its avowed determination to ensure that candidates, whose certificates were dubiously acquired are prevented from benefiting from such certificates.

“It is also to be noted that candidates, whose certificate-issuing institutions are among those on the list of institutions that have not verified their certificates despite repeated requests, would be allowed to register without doing the needful.”

The Star