JAMB: UTME 2017 FORMS FOR SALE FROM MARCH 20

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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will commence the sale of the much expected Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) forms on March 20th for the year 20172018 exercise.

The official position of the body was made known on Monday, March 13, 2017 by the Head of JAMB's Public Relations, Dr.Fabian Benjamin. He said the date was fixed following an agreement that was reached on the harmonization of the examination timetable at a meeting with other examination bodies on January 24th.

Quoting him,  “We will begin the sale of the admission forms on March 20, while UTME is scheduled to hold in May. “We are ready to commence the sales of the 2017/2018 admission forms for UTME and Direct Entry forms on the said date’’. 

It was also clarified by the board that the proposed mock examination which the body plans , would be optional or not be a pre-requirement for writing the main exam. It explains that mock exam is only meant to make candidates 'feel' what the main exam will be like and prepare them well for it in the month of May.