The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that Tuesday, April 18, 2023, will be the rescheduled mock exam date for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exams (UTME). JAMB has also announced that it has brought forward the 2023 UTME, originally scheduled for Saturday 29th April 2023 to Tuesday 25th April 2023 to Tuesday 2nd May 2023.
In a statement from Dr Fabian Benjamin, the Head, Public Affairs and Protocol of the board, JAMB said that the adjustment of the UTME dates was to accommodate several other important national tasks.
Recall that the Joint Admissions Board (JAMB) previously conducted a mock UTME 2023 on Thursday 30 March 2023 at 725 centres nationwide.
However, some candidates could not take the mock exam due to technical problems at some centres.
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 giving prospective candidates the opportunity to have hands-on experience of the CBT test environment.
The statement read in part-
“It is, therefore, in order to give those candidates, who were unable to sit the examination owing to no fault of theirs, the opportunity to take the examination that the mock examination had been rescheduled to hold 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.
“Also, the Board has brought forward the conduct of its 2023 UTME which was earlier scheduled to hold from Saturday, 29th April, 2023, to Tuesday, 25th April, to Tuesday, 2nd May, 2023.
“The adjustment in the date of the UTME is to accommodate some other major and critical national assignments. By doing so, the Board hopes that no citizen would be denied the opportunity of exercising their civic responsibilities.
“It should be 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. Yet another factor is the need to accommodate those institutions with a stable academic calendar to resume as scheduled.
“The Board will continue to partner with relevant agencies of government to ensure that its candidates get the best. It, therefore, solicits the understanding of all as it delivers on its critical mandate.”
