The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cautioned prospective candidates against costly errors when creating their profiles for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) or Direct Entry (DE) registration.

The Board stated this in a new advisory video posted on its X handle and released under its “JAMB Explained” series, stressing that one small mistake at the profile stage can create major problems later in the admission process.

The advisory, targeted at “fresh candidates”, highlighted errors in names and dates of birth as mistakes that could cause problems during the admission process.

It explained that candidates’ details are obtained from their records with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and are not created or edited by JAMB.

The board also cautioned candidates against assuming that obtaining an affidavit would automatically lead to the correction of their records with JAMB.

JAMB stressed the importance of ensuring that candidates’ identity details were accurate from the outset, noting that such information forms the basis of their records.

Prospective candidates were urged to ensure that their details were correct before proceeding with profile creation.