The 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination commenced on Saturday nationwide with a total of 1.3 million candidates expected to sit for the two-week long examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The examination is scheduled to take place between Saturday, June 19 and July 3, 2021.
While a total of 1,338,687 candidates registered for UTME, 75,328 registered for UTME bringing the total number of candidates registered to 1,414,015.
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The number of registered candidates for this year examination fell drastically below the 2 million mark of registered candidates for both UTME and Direct Entry, recorded by the Board in the previous years.