UTME: JAMB RECORDED SUCCESS IN OVER 8 COUNTRIES

The Joint Admission And Matriculation Board, Jamb, said yesterday that it has recorded a huge success in the conduction of her UTME Examination in roughly 8 countries of the world.

These countries not limited to Nigeria alone but include United Kingdom, Cameroon, Benin Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, and South Africa.

The board head of Media and information department Dr. Fabian Benjamin while speaking with the News agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos disclosed this on Sunday.

According to him, 297 foreign candidates sat for the exam in the above listed countries which was conducted on Saturday, April 14, under the supervision of some foreign nationals, who came to understudy the process.


Mr Benjamin said the foreigners were elated by what they saw that an African country could achieve and sustain such a feat.

“The examination was conducted yesterday in not less than eight foreign countries under the watch of some foreign nationals.

“As usual, it was well attended and very successful. All resources to ensure the smooth conduct of the examination were readily deployed by the board.

“We are indeed happy to have achieved yet another feat especially as we had people who came around to observe and understudy the process.

“They were happy as well as impressed with what they saw on ground. We know it can only be better because we have the capacity and all it takes to move this country to the next level,” he said.


“Again, we are not just conducting the examination in these countries because of the number of candidates that indicate interest but because we also want to showcase Nigeria’s giant strides in technological advancement on the global scene.”

Meanwhile, Jamb has denied responsibility of the cut-off mark that is currently circulating the internet and other media, saying those cut of mark were mere draft and did not emanate from the board.

Dr Benjamin said cut off marks for either university's, polytechnic's or college's of education, is yet to be decided by the board.

“No cutoff marks will ever be decided upon without the usual policy meeting which has been scheduled to hold sometime in June and which is to be chaired by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu.


“Until that is done, every other thing that is being paraded as cutoff mark is fictitious and therefore, the public is hereby warned not to fall prey to these fraudsters.

“In the same vein, any institution that has commenced any form of admission without the official cutoff mark as would be decided upon at the June policy meeting is doing so illegally,” Mr Benjamin warned.


He said as a board, the management would continue to uphold standards and due process to protect the integrity of its examinations and process.

SOURCE- PREMIUM TIMES.

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