By Kwin Israel, The Sight News
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has brought forward the conduct of its 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) which was earlier scheduled to hold from Saturday 29th April 2023, to now hold Tuesday 25th April to Tuesday 2nd May, 2023.
In a statement signed by the Board’s Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the adjustment in the date of the 2023 UTME is to accommodate some other major and critical national assignments.
It said by doing so, the Board hopes that no citizen would be denied the opportunity of exercising their civic responsibilities.
The statement noted that the Board does not have the liberty of shifting forward its examination as other public examinations are billed to commence their exercises in the early part of May, 2023. It also added that another factor is the need to accommodate those institutions with a stable academic calendar to resume as scheduled.
It added that the Board will continue to partner with relevant agencies of government to ensure that its candidates get the best. It therefore solicited the understanding of all as it delivers on its critical mandate.
Meanwhile, the Board has rescheduled its 2023 Mock-UTME, which was held on Thursday 30th March 2023, in 725 centres across the country to hold on Tuesday 18th April 2023.
According to the statement, this is to give those candidates who were unable to sit the examination owing to no fault of theirs, the opportunity to take the examination.
“It would be recalled that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had earlier conducted its 2023 Mock-UTME on Thursday 30th March, 2023, in 725 centres across the country. However, the exercise ran into some technical hitches in some centres thereby denying some candidates the opportunity to sit the examination.
“The Board’s mock examination was designed for the purpose of testing its preparedness and that of its partners for the UTME as well as give prospective candidates the opportunity to have hands-on experience of the CBT test environment.
“Similarly, candidates who were present and screened for the examination but could not sit the examination have been rescheduled to retake the mock examination on Tuesday, 18th April, 2023.
“In the meantime, the result of the candidates who successfully took the mock examination on 30th March, 2023, has been released”, it added.
