The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has
approved the commencement of registration for the 2023 Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME) from Jan. 24 to Feb. 14, 2023.
The Board also fixed March 16, 2023, for the conduct of its
optional mock UTME.
This is contained in a statement by the board’s Head of
Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Tuesday.
Benjamin said that the board, however, does not include
registration for Direct Entry (DE) application documents as the DE registration
would commence from Feb. 20 to April 20, 2023.
Also, he said the board, after considering its other
commitments, fixed April 29, 2023, for the conduct of the 2023 UTME, and is
expected to end on May 12, 2023.
“Candidates are to note that they would be required to pay
the sum of N1000 service charge for CBT centres for the conduct of mock
examination at the point of registration.
“This is to prevent a situation where candidates would
indicate their interest to sit 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.
“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,” he
said.