The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) has fixed Saturday, 29th April, 2023, for the conduct of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), which is expected to end on Monday, 12th May, 2023.
Jamb has also approved the commencement of registration for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from Saturday, 14th January to Tuesday, 14th February, 2023.
The board says this does not include registration for Direct Entry (DE), it disclosed that applications for the Direct Entry registration would begin from Monday, 20th February to Thursday, 20th April, 2023.
Jamb also fixed Thursday, 16th March, 2023, for the conduct of its optional mock-UTME.
These were made known in a statement signed and made available to Journalists in Abuja by the Head of Media and Publicity of the Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin.
Dr. Benjamin said that the major activities of the board for the year 2023, were made known at the end of the Jamb management meeting held on Tuesday, 20th December, 2022.
He further disclosed that candidates 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.
“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 are to indicate 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” he added.
The Board advises all candidates, who desire 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.
Olusola Akintonde
