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JAMB Reschedules 2022 UTME | SEE NEW DATES

TAIYE AKINLOTAN

Feb 01, 2022

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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has updated its examination timelines for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME).

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The board announced this in its weekly bulletin, which was sent to journalists in Abuja on Monday by its Director of Public Relations, Dr Fabian Benjamin.

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The 2022 UTME will now take place from Friday, May 6 to Monday, May 16, 2022 according to the board, while the mock examination exercise, which was previously slated for April 2, will now take place on April 16 for candidates who enrolled early and indicated their readiness to sit for the mock UTME. It stated that the date for the beginning of the selling of forms had not changed.

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The bulletin's specifics are as follows:

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"The date for the commencement of sale of the 2022 UTME/DE application document which was slated to start from Feb. 12 to March 19 remains as stated earlier. In its bid to accommodate some exigencies, which ultimate goals are to ensure maximal benefits to potential candidates, JAMB has made adjustments to its examination timelines.

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"Given the breakdown of the adjusted timelines, the 2022 UTME would be held from Friday, May 6 to Monday, May 16, while the mock exercise, earlier scheduled for April 2, would now be held on April 16, for candidates who registered early and indicated their willingness to sit the Mock UTME. This review, as approved by management, is to ensure that the candidates who would be sitting the examination and others are not denied the opportunity to express themselves in other public examinations without forfeiting any examination."

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