Nigeria, March 14 -- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled its mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) earlier fixed for 16 March.

The examination body has, however, fixed the new date for 30 March. This was contained in a statement by the board's Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin.

"The 2023 Mock-UTME earlier scheduled for Thursday, 16th March 2023, has been shifted to Thursday, 30th March 2023," he said.

Mr Benjamin said the postponement is partly due to the postponement of the Governorship and States Houses of Assembly elections now holding on Saturday 18th March.

"Candidates, who registered early and indicated their willingness to take the Mock-UTME, would be notified ...