The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says it will start the offer of the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) shapes on March 20.
Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB's Head of Public Relations made this known in a meeting with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Bwari.
Benjamin said the date was settled after an understanding that was come to on the harmonization of the examination timetable at a meeting with other exam bodies on Jan. 24. "We will start the offer of the confirmation shapes on March 20, while UTME is planned to hold in May.
"We are prepared to initiate the offers of the 2017/2018 confirmation frames for UTME and Direct Entry shapes on the said date,'' he said. NAN reports that JAMB as of late accentuated that it would sort out a discretionary ridicule examination before the 2017 UTME.
In light of data distributed on its Twitter handle @JAMBHQ, the date of the Mock examination will soon be reported. As indicated by the board, the motivation behind the ridicule examination is to permit applicants "FEEL'' what the primary examination will resemble.
The board, be that as it may, said the ridicule examination would be "totally discretionary'' as it would not be a pre-necessity for composing the real UTME. It added that competitors can decide to either take the taunt examination or not.
The board additionally uncovered that Interswitch Payment on the e-Facility gateway has been briefly impaired and that the rundown of its certify focuses soon be reported.