The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled the registration dates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry.
This was confirmed in a statement by the JAMB’s Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin on Tuesday in Abuja.
Dr Benjamin revealed that the registration that was earlier scheduled to start February 12, 2022, has now been rescheduled to Saturday, February 19 and closes March 26, 2022.
He noted that the one-week postponement was to allow for more fine-tuning of the upgraded and more user-friendly procedures for candidates’ registration.
The statement read, “The process, which will be concluded within the one-week extension period, is also aimed at accommodating feedback from candidates and other stakeholders alike.
“The Board wishes the general public to note that the Board is ever-ready to provide world-class services to Nigerians.
“Further to the above, the new and improved procedures for the 2022 UTME Registration would be made available on the Board’s website, its weekly bulletin as well as other media outlets on Monday, 14th February 2022.
“The candidates, are by this notice, urged to follow keenly the procedures for registration as would be announced by the Board.”
JAMB has earlier changed the 2022 UTME and DE examination dates to Friday, May 6th to Monday, May 16th 2022, while the mock examination exercise scheduled for April 2nd, would now be held on April 16th 2022.