THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said on Monday that the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock examination will now hold on April 9, and not April 16 as earlier scheduled.
This was contained in the weekly bulletin of the office of the Registrar in Abuja
The board said that the change was informed by its realization that April 16, earlier scheduled, was a Holy Saturday prior to Easter Sunday and celebrated by Christians to mark the end of the Lent period
JAMB also noted that the date for the exercise had been affected also by the shift in date for the registration of the UTME and Direct Entry (DE), which was earlier scheduled for Feb.12, but later commenced on Feb.19.
The board however, urged all candidates who registered and would want to sit for the mock exercise to note the change of date and be prepared.
The 2022 registration commenced on Saturday, Feb.19 and is expected to end on March 26.
According to JAMB,the UTME will hold from May 6 to May 16.
Meanwhile, the board said it has successfully registered over 236,000 candidates on Feb. 26, eight days after the commencement of the registration on Feb.19.
It said the current figure was an improvement on the 2021 exercise where it registered only 102,221 candidates within the same period of eight days adding that the improvement was due to its partnership with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC),
