The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the date for the commencement of its 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exams (UTME).

This announcement came at the end of its management meeting held on Tuesday, December 20, 2022.

Giving further details on the dates, the board announced that the registration for the 2023 UTME will commence as from Saturday, 14th January to Tuesday, February 14, 2023.

It said it does not include registration for Direct Entry (DE) application documents as the DE registration would commence from Monday, February 20 to Thursday, April 20, 2022.

It has also fixed 16th March, 2023 for the conduct of its optional mock UTME.

JAMB says candidates are expected to pay the sum of N1000 service charge for CBT centres for the conduct of mock examination at the point of registration.

It said such was to prevent a situation where candidates would indicate their interest to sit for 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, Jamb had disclosed.

Also, the Board, after considering its other commitments, fixed Saturday, 29th April 2023, for the conduct of the 2023 UTME, which is expected to end on Monday, 12th May 2023.

It further advised all candidates, who are wiling to register for the 2023 UTME to immediately commence the creation of their respective profiles ahead of the formal commencement of the registration exercise so they can meet up with deadlines.

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