The Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) has postponed the commencement of the 2022/23 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration exercise.
The registration was earlier scheduled for March 12th to 19th 2022, however, JAMB has rescheduled the exercise to begin on March 19 and last till March 26, 2022.
The Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin in a statement on Tuesday said the one-week postponement is to allow for more fine-tuning of the upgraded and more user-friendly procedures for candidates’ registration.
He said the process, which will be concluded within the one-week extension period, is also aimed at accommodating feedback from candidates and other stakeholders alike.
While noting that the Board is ever-ready to provide world-class services to Nigerians, he said the new and improved procedures for the 2022/23 UTME Registration would be made available on the Board’s website, its weekly bulletin as well as other media outlets on Monday, February 14, 2022.
The candidates, according to him, are by this notice, urged to follow keenly the procedures for registration as would be announced by the Board.
(Daily Trust)
