JAMB Says It Has Registered 92,490 Candidates So Far For 2023 UTME

Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has registered a total of  92,490 candidates for the 2023 edition of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The examination body announced the figure in its weekly bulletin on Monday.

The registration exercise which began last January 14, is scheduled to end on February 14.

It said the mock UTME would hold as scheduled on March 16, while the UTME takes place between April 29 and May 12.

Earlier, while giving a breakdown of its registration fees, the examination body noted that two e-pins were available for purchase, as candidates had the option to either register to sit its mock UTME or not.

“As already effected in the UTME exercise, two e-pins are available, N5, 700 for without mock UTME; N6, 700 for with mock UTME, while the Direct Entry is N4,700.

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“Approved UTME fee remains N3, 500, reading text N500, the registration fee is N700, with N1000 for Computer-Based Test examination fee and an optional N1000 for mock examination for the candidates,” it said.

The board says it remits to the CBT centres on a weekly basis what is due to them, adding that the measure is put in place to stop extortion of candidates.

It added that as part of measures put in place to enhance the sanctity of the examination process, examinations would be allowed to take place an hour after the scheduled commencement time. It promised to reschedule any exam session affected by technical challenges from the board and communicate date for the rescheduled session to the affected candidates.

“Candidates will be notified of their new schedule centres before they leave the examination centre, adding that no candidate will be allowed to spend less than one hour before submission during the examination”.