JAMB broadcasts new date for 2023 UTME

Key highlights

• JAMB stated the UTME which was earlier scheduled to begin on April 29, would now begin on April 25, 2023.
• It stated the change in date was to accommodate establishments with secure tutorial calendars.
• The Board additionally stated it could maintain its rescheduled mock UTME on April 18, 2023.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced a brand new date for the graduation of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). The UTME which was earlier scheduled to begin on April 29, would now begin on April 25, 2023.

The board disclosed this on Sunday in an announcement signed by its Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin. He stated the adjustment within the date of the UTME was to accommodate another main and demanding nationwide assignments.

Why the shift

Explaining that the examination was shifted to regulate to the calendar of different establishments, Benjamin stated:

• “The board hopes that no citizen can be denied the chance of exercising their civic tasks. It ought to be famous that the board doesn’t have the freedom of shifting ahead its examination as different public examinations are billed to begin their workouts in early Could 2023.
• “One more issue is the necessity to accommodate these establishments with secure tutorial calendars to renew as scheduled.”

Mock UTME to carry April 18

The JAMB spokesperson additionally stated that the board would maintain its rescheduled mock UTME on April 18, 2023. Whereas noting that JAMB had earlier performed its 2023 Mock-UTME on Thursday, March 30 in 725 facilities throughout the nation, he stated the train bumped into some technical hitches in some facilities, thereby denying some candidates the chance to take a seat for the examination.

He stated the board’s mock examination was designed for the aim of testing its preparedness and that of its companions for the UTME in addition to giving potential candidates the chance to have hands-on expertise within the CBT take a look at setting.

• “It’s, subsequently, to be able to give these candidates, who had been unable to take a seat for the examination owing to no fault of theirs, the chance to take the examination that the mock examination had been rescheduled to carry on Tuesday, April 18,” he stated.

He stated that candidates who had been current and screened for the examination however couldn’t sit for it had been rescheduled to retake the mock examination on April 18.

Benjamin added that the results of the candidates who efficiently took the mock examination on March 30, had been launched.

He stated the board would proceed to accomplice with related companies of presidency to make sure that its candidates received the very best. He stated the board additionally solicited the understanding of all because it delivered on its important mandate.

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