As students prepare for the upcoming Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the mock examination will now hold on April 9, and no longer on April 16 as earlier scheduled.
The examination board who made this known in its Weekly Bulletin posted on its website said that the change was due to the realization that April 16, earlier scheduled, was an Easter Saturday celebrated by Christians to mark the end of the Lent period before Easter Sunday.
The board recalled that it was to commence the registration exercise for the 2022/2023 UTME/DE on Saturday, February 12, but later had to postpone it to February 19.
It noted that the one-week extension had similar effect on the date of the Mock UTME which also had to be rescheduled.
JAMB, who said they will continue to act in the best interest of Nigerians, urged all candidates who registered and would want to sit for the mock exercise to note the change of date and be prepared.
Daily Independent had reported that the 2022 registration commenced on Saturday, Feb.19 and is expected to end on March 26.
