by Azeez Adeniyi
The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has said arrangements have been made for those writing the mock examination of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Registrar of JAMB, Is-haq Oloyede, made this known on Wednesday in Abuja during a training session organized for 1600 staff.
Oloyede said internal and external personnel would monitor the 633 Computer Based Tests centres across the country for the UTME exams.
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He said the CBT adopted in the forthcoming UTME would save the examination body about N5 billion.
“Instead of spending billions on our examinations, we can spend millions and achieve better results. That is all I have been struggling to do, to make sure that instead of collecting N7 billion and spending N6.8 billion in the conduct of examination, we should be able to save at least N5 billion,” he stressed.
He added that he was optimistic of taking JAMB to the next level, regardless of challenges.
“Yes, some people argue that in Nigeria, there are many variables that you cannot determine. I have strong faith in this country and I believe that whatever works in normal places will work in Nigeria,” he added.
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Oloyde said his team was ready to conduct the UTME.
“I and my colleagues in JAMB management have tried our best and have prepared as much as we can. We also believe in our partners, MTN and Airtel which are our two service providers in the conduct of this examination and I want to appeal to them to see this as a national assignment.”
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