Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cautioned candidates and the general public against what it described as a deliberate distortion of its registration guidelines for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE). The Board’s spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, that he Board’s attention had been drawn to misleading interpretations of portions of the 2026 UTME/DE advertisement being circulated by some self styled education advocates for what it termed parochial interests. “For the avoidance of doubt and in line with its statutory mandate to prevent multiple matriculations, the Board directed that all candidates registering for the 2026 UTME/DE must disclose their matriculation status, where applicable,” he said. JAMB spokesman clarified that it is not an offence for a candidate to register for the UTME or Direct Entry while still enrolled in an institution. However, he stressed that failure to disclose such status constitutes an offence.