ABUJA, Nigeria — Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) don reschedule the date for 2025 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from April 5 to April 10, 2025. Na wetin de board talk for their weekly bulletin wey dem release on Monday.
According to the bulletin, di adjustment go help to ensure say all necessary preparations dey complete. Dis move go also incorporate plenty innovations and enhancements wey dey meant to make dis examination one of di best in history. E also go accommodate di increase wey dey for examination centres for di mock exercise.
“Di Mock UTME wey dey originally planned for Saturday, April 5, 2025, go now happen for Thursday, April 10, 2025, while di main UTME go start from April 25, 2025,” di bulletin talk.
JAMB recognize say to achieve global best practices and based on recent research on examination methodologies for di region, dem need new measures to optimize di mock exercise effectively. Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokesperson, emphasize say di adjustment go better for candidates and help dem prepare well.
“200,115 candidates don show interest to take di optional mock UTME,” he added. “Candidates wey dey interested should dey alert for di announcement about how dem go fit print their Mock Notification Slip which go give dem info on di location of their examination centre.”
The main UTME date remain di same, starting from April 25, 2025. Di board also remind candidates say dem need to prepare for this new date and make sure say dem dey updated about any further announcements.
This mock examination dey provide opportunity for candidates to practice well before di main exam. E dey also important for students wey never reach di age of 16, since dem no go fit register for di actual UTME.
Dis policy follow di directive wey Oloye Tunji Alausa, di Minister of Education, give last year, where he talk say no candidate wey dey below 16 years go dey eligible for admissions into Nigerian tertiary institutions. Di mock UTME dey intended to assist candidates wey dem no sure say dem fit perform during di real examination.
