The Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a new date for the
commencement of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. According
to a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian
Benjamin, the exam will now begin on April 25, 2023, instead of the previously
scheduled date of April 29. Additionally, the board will hold its rescheduled
mock-UTME on April 18, 2023.
The
mock-UTME was earlier conducted on March 30, 2023, in 725 centers across
Nigeria, but it faced some technical issues in some centers, which prevented
some candidates from taking the exam. The board designed the mock exam to test
its preparedness and that of its partners for the UTME and to give prospective
candidates hands-on experience of the CBT test environment. As a result, the
mock exam has been rescheduled to hold on Tuesday, April 18, to provide
candidates who were unable to sit for the examination due to no fault of theirs
the opportunity to take the exam.
Candidates
who were present and screened for the examination but could not sit for it will
retake the mock examination on April 18. The results of the candidates who
successfully took the mock examination on March 30 have been released.
The board
brought forward the conduct of its 2023 UTME to accommodate some other major
and critical national assignments. Benjamin stated that the adjustment in the
date of the UTME was to ensure that no citizen would be denied the opportunity
of exercising their civic responsibilities. The board cannot shift forward its
examination because other public examinations are scheduled to commence their
exercises in the early part of May 2023. Furthermore, there is a need to
accommodate institutions with stable academic calendars to resume as scheduled.
The board
will continue to partner with relevant government agencies to ensure that its
candidates get the best, and it solicits the understanding of all as it
delivers on its critical mandate.
