JAMB Shifts 2019 UTME Exams

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shifted the date for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Recall that the board had earlier confirmed March 16 as the date approved for the examination.
According to the Nation, the management of the board is currently in a meeting to come up with a new date for the examinations.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board recently said not less than 1.8 million candidates would be registered for its 2019 UTME by the end of the registration exercise scheduled for Feb. 21.
The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos.
Benjamin expressed satisfaction with the ongoing registration exercise nationwide, adding that so far, it had been smooth with little or no hitches.
The registration of candidates for this year’s all Computer Based Test (CBT) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), commenced on Feb. 10.
Meanwhile, an official bulletin of the board tagged ‘jambulletin’ issued on Sunday, said over 1.6 million candidates had registered for the examination between Feb. 10 and Feb. 15 nationwide, with Lagos recording the highest, with 234,259 candidates.
According to the bulletin, preparations for the successful conduct of the examination scheduled to commence few weeks from now is in top gear.