UTME 2021: JAMB To Conduct Mock For 160,617 Candidates

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says a total of 160,617 candidates will be taking part in its mock unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) which is slated to hold on June 3.

The examination, which had earlier been scheduled to hold on May 20 before it was postponed, will be conducted at the approved 802 computer-based centres (CBT) located in 104 designated examination towns across the country.

The head of JAMB’s public affairs and protocol unit, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this on Monday in an exclusive interview with journalists.

Benjamin advised all candidates who had registered for the examination and indicated interest to sit the mock examination to reprint their notification slips.

Meanwhile, one week after the announcement of the registration deadline for the examination, JAMB has only recorded an additional 200,000 candidates comprising both the UTME and direct entry candidates.

According to the examination body, a total of 124,519 candidates, who have indicated interest to register for the examination and had procured profile codes, are yet to obtain the required registration pins.

Fabian enjoined interested prospective candidates not to wait till the last minute to register for the examination, saying the body would no longer consider adjustment to its calendar.