By Saheed Ibrahim

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has extended the ongoing Direct Entry registration scheduled to end on Thursday, April 20, 2023, to April 27.

In a statement, JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, said the Direct Entry registration exercise, “which commenced on Monday, March 20, 2023, and billed to end on Thursday, April 20, 2023, has been extended by one week starting from Friday, April 21, 2023.”

“This extension is partly to give all holders of Cambridge A/Level Certificates, who were unable to register for the exercise on account of some issues associated with the verification of their certificates, another opportunity to do so, as well as accommodate others who wish to register but were unable to do so within the stipulated time.

JAMB, however, said the consideration does not in any way include candidates awaiting Cambridge Certificates as “Awaiting Results” would not be accepted.

“It should be noted that in its bid to ensure that the Cambridge A/L Certificate is onboarded in the verification process, the British Council is partnering with the Board and, as such, would be providing a verification portal for the seamless verification of its Cambridge Certificates as obtains with other categories of A/Level certificates. This provision of a verification portal by the Council informs the Board’s decision to reconsider its earlier stand on the non-inclusion of the Cambridge certificate for DE registration.

“Consequently, all Cambridge Certificates holders who desire to register for the 2023 Direct Entry can now proceed to any of the Board’s offices nearest to them to register for the exercise.

“This consideration does not in any way include candidates awaiting Cambridge Certificates as “Awaiting Results” would not be accepted.

“To streamline the process, the Board had also published some certificates allowed for DE registration which had, hitherto, excluded the Cambridge Certificate.