The Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board, JAMB, on
Sunday, said it would partner with
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to
conduct public examination
through Computer Based Test, CBT,
for Nigerians abroad.
The examination board also said
universities that charged more
than N2,000 from applicants for its
post-UTME examination will be
made to refund the excess
payment.
JAMB’s Head of Public Relations,
Fabian Benjamin, made these
known in an interview with the
News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in
Abuja.
Mr. Benjamin said that the
collaboration was to enhance the
conduct of Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination, UTME,
for foreign candidates in 2018.
He said 2017 UTME was conducted
for foreign candidates on
September 30 in Gambia, Saudi
Arabia, United Kingdom, Ghana,
Ivory Coast, Benin Republic,
Ethiopia, South Africa and
Cameroun.
According to him, although the
conduct of the examination was
not justifiable, in terms of
monetary value, there is need for
JAMB to collaborate, to promote
growth in the education sector.
“We are already promoting CBT in
line with international best
practices; we have taken it to
some countries in Africa, we need
to do more to encourage the
practice.
“We have even gone ahead to see
how we can put some countries
on the global map by conducting
our public exami....
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