The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it no longer requires emails for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registrations.
It also said it has phased out the use of cash for any transactions in the Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres owned by JAMB, adding that only use of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards is allowed.
JAMB Registrar Prof Ishaq Oloyede said this on Wednesday at a press conference in Abuja.
He said candidates will provide their email addresses only after the 2021 UTME/DE registration exercise has been declared closed by JAMB through a Mobile APP on his/her registered phone, adding that an individual’s mobile phone now remains the only major tool to carry out all the registration processes.
Oloyede said the new system is to ensure candidates’ information are not exposed to dubious Cyber Cafe operators and other criminal elements who in the course of UTME/ Direct Entry registration steal email passwords to perpetrate fraud.