The Joint Admissions And Matriculation Board (JAMB) has refuted claims circulating in the media, insinuating that the board has increased its examination registration fee, for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 2024.
JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement described the publications as false noting that the board had not increased the examination fee since it was brought down from N5,000 in 2018.
Benjamin said the cost of the board examination fee has remained N3,500 to ensure that candidates are not overburdened, despite an increase in its cost of production.
“This is far from the truth as the cost of obtaining the Board’s UTME application documents remains N3,500, which has been the cost of its application documents since it was brought down from N5,000 in 2018. Therefore, the Board wishes to state that the cost of the application document price has not been increased in spite of the prevailing economic reality in the country which has also affected the cost of the Board’s operations.
He said access to the use of English Reading text was made free of charge to ensure that the increase in cost of production is not passed to candidates.
