JAMB shifts date for 2023 mock UTME

The date for the 2023 mock unified tertiary matriculation examination, or UTME, has been changed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, or JAMB.

The mock UTME was moved from Thursday, March 16, to Thursday, March 30, 2023, by JAMB.

The JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, noted that the date adjustment was partially brought about by the scheduling alteration for March 18, 2023, State Houses of Assembly and Governor elections.

Candidates who registered early and expressed their readiness to take the mock UTME will be notified when to print their mock-UTME notification slip, which would contain their centers and other details, according to a statement from Benjamin.

The statement reads: “The Mock-UTME is an optional examination introduced by the Board to provide an opportunity for candidates to have hands-on experience with the system as well as allow the Board to ascertain its readiness and that of its partners for the main UTME, which is scheduled to hold between April 29, to May 12, 2023.

“The Board also wants to use this opportunity to announce that this year’s UTME will witness some groundbreaking innovations aimed at addressing observed infractions and centre failures.

“For instance, in the new regime, if there is a delay of up to one hour before the commencement of a particular session, that session stands cancelled and would be rescheduled along with the candidates.

“By the same token, no examination can be started one hour after the scheduled commencement time. The session will be scheduled for any VACANT or AVAILABLE slot. The Board has made it mandatory that candidates must be notified of their new scheduled session or centre, as the case may be before they leave their centre. In addition, no candidate would be allowed to spend less than one hour before the submission of responses during the UTME. Similarly, the new regime would make it impossible for candidates to login after one hour of activation of the examination.

“If for any reason, an examination session is cancelled or cannot hold, candidates are not to panic as they will simply be scheduled for the next available session, which could be that same day. What such candidates are expected to do is quietly leave the hall and move to the Holding Area to await further instruction.

“Furthermore, they are not to leave the examination centre until they have been notified of the day and time of their rescheduled examination.

“Candidates are to note that any rescheduled examination is strictly meant to accommodate only those whose examination session could not hold on account of one reason or another, not for those who were marked LATE or ABSENT for their session.”

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