JAMB announces dates for 2023 UTME registration, exam proper

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced dates for commencement of registration and conduct of 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

It said on Tuesday that registration for the 2023 UTME would hold from January 24 to February 14, 2023 while March 16, 2023 had been fixed 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.

Benjamin, however, said registration for Direct Entry (DE) would commence from February 20 to April 20, 2023.

He said the board had fixed April 29, 2023 for the conduct of the 2023 UTME, and this would end on May 12, 2023.

The JAMB spokesman said, “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.”