THE 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination, UTME, will take place between March 9 and
17, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB,
has said.
Candidates
The examination, according to JAMB, is to be preceded
with mock examination, which also will take place in the
first week of February.
Its registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, while disclosing this
Tuesday, during a meeting he held with stakeholders, said
the most examination earlier billed to take place between
January 22 and 24 was shifted to the new dates, attributing
the change the ongoing industrial action by public
universities’ non teaching staff.
Oloyede, who spoke at the meeting with a theme:“Strategic
planning on the conduct of the 2018 Unified Tertiary
Matriculation”, said:
“We are unable to access our CBT centres because most of
them are in the universities and non teaching staff are on
strike. ”
He also disclosed that about 10 percent of prospective
candidates for this year’s UTME have purchased and
registered for the examination.
According to him, a total number of candidates that have
registered was about 283,319.
He used the occasion to warn candidates against using
prohibited items during the examination exercises, saying
those who fall prey to the law would have themselves to
blame.
The prohibition of materials, he said, was applicable to
candidates, supervisors and examiners., adding, ”
candidates, examiners, invigilators will be allowed to enter
the examination hall with wrist watches, pencils except HB
pencils and cameras.”
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