JAMB Approves Date, Gives Conditions For 2023 UTME
BY TEMI OHAKWE, ABUJA – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has fixed Saturday, April 29, 2023, for the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) with the expectation for it to end on Monday, May 12, 2023.
The examination body also approved the registration for the 2023 UTME to commence from Saturday, January 14, to Tuesday, February 14, 2023.
JAMB howeve explained that this does not include registration for Direct Entry (DE), saying that applications for the Direct Entry registration would begin from Monday, February 20 to Thursday, April 20, 2023.
The Board also fixed Thursday, March 16, 2023, for the conduct of its optional mock-UTME.
These were contained in a statement by the Head Of Media and Publicity of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin in which he said that the major activities of the Board for year 2023, were made known at the end of Jamb management meeting which took place on Tuesday, December 20, 2022.
Benjamin also said that candidates are would be required to pay the sum of N1000 service charge for Computer Based Testing Centres for the conduct of mock examination at the point of registration so as to prevent situations of wastage and cancellation of intentions.
According to JAMB; “There are situations where candidates would indicate their interest to sit for the mock-UTME leading the various centres to commit human and material resources only for them to stay away on the day of the examination.
“With the new arrangement, candidates indicate their interest by paying for the mock at the point of UTME registration, therefore, precluding the centres from incurring any loss whether candidates turn up or not,” it said.
The Board advised all candidates desiring to register for the 2023 UTME to immediately embark on the creation of their respective profiles (creation of profile code) ahead of the formal commencement of the registration exercise to avoid being caught up in any ensuing bottleneck.
