JAMB denies increasing UTME fee despite inflation
JAMB — The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has distanced itself from the rumour doing round the media that it will increase the registration fee for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, for 2024.
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According to the Nation, JAMB’s public communication advisor, Fabian Benjamin in a statement on Wednesday.
He said the cost of the Board examination fee remained low to ensure that candidates are not overburdened.
The board said the cost of purchasing the UTME form remained N3,500 despite an increase in its cost of production.
The statement reads: “The attention of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been drawn to several publications in recent times insinuating that the Board has increased its examination registration fee.
“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.
