The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) through its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin said it has postponed the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock
The mock exercise which was earlier scheduled for Thursday, March 16, 2023, has been shifted to Thursday, March 30, 2023.
JAMB spokesman Fabian Benjamin how made made this known in a statement on Monday, March 13, 2023.
According to the board, the shift in date is partly owned to the change in the date for the governorship and State Houses of Assembly Elections which was earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, 11th March 2023 but now moved to 18th March 2023.
The board further noted that only canididates that registered early and indicated their willingness to take the Mock-UTME, would received notification as to when to print their Mock-UTME notification slip, which would contain their centres and other details.
The board also noted some new developments that would regulate mode of conducting the mock exercises.
According to the statement which reads in part “The Board also wants to use this opportunity to announce that this year’s UTME would 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 submission of responses during the UTME. Similarly, the new regime would make it impossible for candidates to login after one hour of activation of 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 to quietly leave the hall and move to the Holding Area to await further instruction.
