JAMB: Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has confirmed that about 1.7 million candidates are expected to write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in April 2017.

This he made known on Tuesday at the Body’s retreat in Abeokuta which was filled with students, stakeholders and relevant civil society groups in attendance.

He declared that the Examination institution is working tirelessly to increase in its numbers of CBT centers so as to allow smooth run of the forth coming exams in April 2017

According to Prof. Ishaq Oloyede statement:

“We are expecting 1.7 million candidates to sit JAMB this year and we want to make sure we satisfy these candidates within a week or thereabout.

“That is why we are increasing the capacity of the Computer-Based Test centres to be able to examine more candidates within a given date.”

He however said that there is no 100% guaranty of institution’s success but they would try their possible best to be of better service to the candidates.

He said, “I must be frank with you, I cannot promise a hitch- free examination because we are testing certain things.

“We are changing certain things. We want to question the status quo and of course, we expect a fight back by interest that will be trampled upon.

“We are going to be as sincere as possible in the direction we are going. We are going to be as flexible as humanly possible. We are not promising a hitch-free examination.

“We envisaged that there will be hitches here and there, but they will not be insurmountable. Rather than promising the nation a hitch-free examination, we will be promising a direction we will all be pleased with.”

He also said, “We are creating some ICT facilities and we want our stakeholders, prospective candidates, respected scholars, institutions, civil societies to come together and critique what we are doing so that we can be sure before we go too far in a wrong direction.

“This is with a view to harvesting good ideas that could improve what we are doing.”

The CBT form of examination is here to stay and we would improve in Our services every now and them: He said

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