The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adjusted the 2022 examination timelines to correct some of the dates clashing with other public examinations.
This was contained in Board’s weekly bulletin made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday.
The changes, it was gathered, that some of the dates on the previous examination timelines were clashing with other examinations the potential candidates are meant to sit for.
Giving the breakdown of the adjusted timelines, the Board disclosed that the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME) would be held from Friday, 6th to Monday, 26th May 2022, while the Mock-UTME exercise earlier scheduled for 2nd April 2022 would now be held on 16th April 2022, for candidates who registered early and indicated their willingness to sit for the Mock UTME.
“The date for the commencement of sale of the 2022 UTME/DE application document which was slated to start from 12th February to 19th March 2022 remains as stated earlier,” it stated.
The board further disclosed that the review was approved by management, to ensure that the candidates who would be sitting the examination and others were not denied the opportunity to express themselves in other public examinations without forfeiting any examination.
The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, while intimating his management team on the compelling need for the adjustments, said: “As a responsive organisation, the interests of candidates and the general public alike would continue to shape our actions. In addition, the inputs of critical components of the society were sorted and factored into the planning process.”
Meanwhile, as part of the intensive preparations for a hitch-free 2022 UTME/DE registration exercise, JAMB is putting finishing touches to all arrangements for the institution of an additional USSD code to be used by candidates besides the 55019 code that had been in operation since 2018 for registration and other essential services offered by the board.
The 55019 code is used to create profiles for registration by candidates who are required to send their National Identification Number (NIN) via the code for their details to be pulled from the NIMC database before proceeding to a certified centre for their biometric capturing.
It said, “To ensure that there is no congestion during registration when many candidates would be sending their requests via 55019 for 2022/23 UTME/DE Registration and Examination, the Board has concluded arrangements to have an alternative code with a similar function for the benefit of candidates should they encounter any unexpected challenge with the other code.
“It is to be noted that the Board had used the 55019 USSD code exclusively in the last three or four UTME Registration and Examination exercises successfully, but in launching another code, the Board is aligning its service delivery with global best practices.”
In a related development, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB has introduced additional two subjects, Computer Studies and Physical and Health Education, as part of its UTME subjects.
JAMB said that candidates sitting for the UTME could now pick Computer Studies or Physical and Health Education as part of the four required UTME subjects, if they so desire or as dictated by their programme preferences.
According to the Board, the addition of the two subjects to the existing 23 UTME subjects would commence from the 2022 UTME exercise.
According to the board, the move is to enhance the career prospects of students transiting to tertiary institutions.
