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2022 UTME: A Look At What All JAMB Candidates Should Know

What all JAMB candidates should know about 2022 UTME can be accessed below.

The 2022 edition of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will commence across the 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) in Nigeria today, Friday, May 6, 2022.

This online news platform understands that the 2022 UTME is a computer-based test that serves as an entrance examination for secondary school leavers seeking admission into Nigerian public tertiary institutions.

Every year, over 1.5 million candidates sit for the examination. This year, JAMB said 1,837,011 candidates registered for the examination.

Ahead of the examination, JAMB said it has made arrangements for successful conduct across the 750 centres nationwide.

The examination body has, however, listed the dos and don’ts for the candidates, and warned that failure to adhere strictly to its instructions will not be condoned.

“Candidates are also to note that no examination would be rescheduled for whatever reason,” JAMB said.

Reprint JAMB Slip [jamb reprint slip]

JAMB has announced that the examination will be held between Friday, May 6, and Saturday, 14. It, therefore, advised candidates to reprint their slips from April 30.

It said the details of the centre and dates for each of the candidates is to enable the candidates to know their allocated examination centres, session, time and dates of examinations.

JAMB said the reprinting of slip can be done anywhere on a computer with an internet connection and a printer. “And candidates are to go to the examination centre with at least a copy of the slip.”

JAMB Centre: “Know your centre” for JAMB 2022

To avoid lateness to their centres, JAMB advised that candidates who are not familiar with their examination centres should visit the venue ahead of their dates of the examination so as to find it easy to locate on the date of their examination.