The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shifted the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock examination to April 9.
The mock exams will no longer be held on April 16, as earlier scheduled.
The board announced this in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar yesterday in Abuja.
According to JAMB, the change was due to the realisation that April 16, earlier scheduled, will fall on Easter Saturday; a holy Saturday celebrated by Christians to mark the end of the Lent period before Easter Sunday.
The board also stated that the date for the exercise was affected by the shift in date for the registration of the UTME and Direct Entry (DE), which was earlier scheduled for February 12, but later started on February 19.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2022 registration commenced on Saturday, February 19 and is expected to end on March 26.
The UTME, however, has been scheduled by JAMB to hold from May 6 to May 16.
