BREAKING: JAMB postponed 2023 mock UTME over gov polls

 The 2023 Mock-UTME, which was originally slated for Thursday, March 16, 2023, has been moved to Thursday, March 30, 2023.

The Governorship and State Houses of Assembly Elections, which were originally slated to take place on Saturday, March 11, 2023, have been changed to March 18, 2023, according to a statement released by the examination board on Monday afternoon.

"Candidates who registered early and expressed a readiness to take the mock-UTME would be contacted as to when to print their Mock-UTME notification slip, which would contain their centers and other details," reads the statement.

According to a report, the JAMB launched the mock UTME as an optional test to give candidates a chance to practice using the system and to provide the board a chance to assess its own and its partners' readiness for the main UTME, which is slated to take place between April 29 and May 12, 2023. The Board would also like to use this opportunity to disclose certain ground-breaking innovations that will be implemented for this year's UTME in order to address noted infractions and center failures.

For instance, under the new system, a session would be canceled and rescheduled with the applicants if there was a delay of up to an hour before it was supposed to begin.

Meanwhile, no fewer than 168,748 registered for the 2023 mock UTME out of the over 1.5 million prospective candidates for this year’s UTME according to official statistics provided by JAMB.

According to the official breakdown, a total of 2,200 students will sit for the mock in Abia state; Adamawa, 1,264; Akwa-Ibom, 3,981; Anambra, 6,104; Bauchi 1,572; Bayelsa 847; Benue 1,349; Borno 1,234; Cross-Rivers 1,750; Delta 7,409; Ebonyi 1,499; Edo 4,416; Ekiti 3,273; Enugu 4,443; FCT 14,863; Gombe 723; Imo 3,987; Jigawa 261; Kaduna 6,850; Kano 3,072; Katsina 1,088; Kebbi 697; Kogi 1,924; Kwara 6,544; Lagos 28,340; Nasarawa 3,332; Niger 2,491; Ogun 10,922; Ondo 4,743; Osun 7,131; Oyo 14,732.

Others are Plateau with 3,284; Rivers 9,469; Sokoto 967; Taraba 622; Yobe 1,047 and Zamfara with 318 candidates.