The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has deferred the mock examination of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination slated to begin from Saturday, February 23, in view of the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The board likewise stated, on Wednesday, that it might reschedule the 2019 UTME if the nation’s elections haul until the prior settled dates of Saturday, March 16, to Saturday, March 23.
As indicated by the new timetable discharged by the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Governorship and state Houses of Assembly races slated for March 2 have been rescheduled to March 9, which energizes fears that the UTME slated for March 16 might be influenced.
The JAMB Head of Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a meeting on Wednesday, said the board could report new dates for the UTME if the elections did not finish up by March 9.
Benjamin included that another date for the mock examination would be declared by the administration in no time.
He stated, “The elections have been moved and we are additionally viewing other government programs. In the event that in any way, shape or form they influence our timetable, we won’t be opposed to moving. In any case, as it is currently, our date stands.
“In the event that they do elections and there is a need to complete a run-off and it enters one more week, obviously, it will influence our projects, at that point we will change properly.
“Our false examination should begin this end of the week. Presently that INEC has moved the presidential races to this end of the week, positively mock examination won’t happen that day.
“Another date for the mock examination will before long be reported to applicants. In any case, for the examination, the date prior planned stands. No date has been picked for the false. We are as yet taking a gander at different things.”
