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JAMB fixes April for 2023 UTME exam

ByAbdulrahaman Taye Damilola December 20, 2022

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed April 29, 2023, for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The examination will end on May 12, 2023.

The Board also fixed March 16, 2023, for the conduct of its optional mock UTME.

Registration for the UTME will begin on January 14 and end on February 14, 2023.

Registration for Direct Entry (DE) is from February 20 to April 20, 2023.

These were some of the decisions reached at the end of its management meeting on Tuesday.

Abdulrahaman Taye Damilola

Abdulrahaman Taye Damilola is a Kwara-based journalist. He is the head of news and current affairs department at The Informant247.

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