The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has again bowed to pressure exerted by the ongoing elections by shifting this year’s University Matriculation Examination to April.
Although JAMB gave reason for doing so as ‘circumstances beyond its control’, stakeholders are aware of the uncertainty the electoral process has caused.
The board now says the UTME will hold on April 11 while the mock exam earlier scheduled for March 23 will hold on April 1.
Its Head of Media, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, in Abuja.
According to the statement, all candidates who registered for UTME are to ensure that they print their examination notification slips before the day of the examination, noting that no excuses would be entertained by the board.
The printing is to start on April 2.
JAMB further noted in the statement, “The Board has scheduled to conduct the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation examination (UTME) from Thursday, 11th April, 2019.
‘’Candidates are to begin the printing of the 2019 UTME notification slips from Tuesday, 2nd April, 2019. Candidates can print their slips anywhere.
“All candidates who registered for the 2019 UTME are to ensure that they print their examination notification slips before the day of the examination as no excuses would be entertained.
‘’The public should note that the Board would not reschedule examination for any candidate.”
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