JAMB Announce Direct Entry E-PIN Sales To Close May

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that its 2023 Direct Entry, Direct Entry e-PIN sales will close on Saturday, May 26, 2023 and registration of those who obtained the e-PIN ends on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

It was disclosed in a statement by the JAMB‘s acting Director, Public Affairs, Fabian Benjamin, this morning, recalled that the 2023 DE registration, which commenced in February 2023, was extended for all intending candidates to register and was, at a point, suspended to facilitate the incorporation of certain measures to improve the sanctity of the exercise.

The statement reads, ”The 2023 DE registration is unique among many others as it came with some features meant to enhance the Board’s capacity to permanently address those loopholes hitherto being exploited by some vested interests.

“It was, therefore, not at all surprising to witness the surge in the number of candidates in one or two of our offices.

“The new regime, which has exposed the quantum of cases of falsifications and other infractions in the DE value chain as reported, is one of the many gains of the regulated DE registration exercise.

“One good thing about the exercise is that the board has been able to capture only deserving candidates, with only pockets of outstanding candidates remaining in a couple of Board’s offices, particularly in Lagos. Even here, the Board has adopted a scheduling system whereby candidates are