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| Dibu Ojerinde, JAMB Registrar |
The Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board, JAMB, yesterday, announced the commencement of the sale of
2015 application form that will start the full implementation of computer based
test, CBT, in the 2015 universal tertiary matriculation examination, UTME .
In a press release signed by the
registrar of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, he said candidates are expected to
start purchasing their forms from Monday, Septembers 15th to Thursday, 15th
January, 2015.
Professor Ojerinde who assured
candidates that the Board has fine-tuned arrangements with computer based test
(CBT) centres to register prospective UTME candidates, prayed for a
registration error and stress free exercise for candidates.
The JAMB boss recalled the discovery
by the board of cases of impersonation and other malpractices usually initiated
during the registration process by cyber-cafes and assured the agency has
decided to regulate the registration centers to ensure the system is
malpractice free.
Candidates are to obtain their
application forms at designated banks after which they are to proceed to any
approved CBT centres and register for the examination at a regulated fee. There
are about 300 centres all over the country and the centre members of staff have
been trained for this purpose.
Professor Ojerinde also informed
candidates that as part of ensuring standard and quality of public examination
and also to encourage reading culture in line with Mr. President’s reading
campaign, the board has reviewed textbooks hitherto read or recommended in
previous matriculation examinations to give them broader spectrum of literary
appreciation, by introducing a book; “The Last Days at Forcados High School”,
at a recommended price of ?500.00
Some of the designated banks from
which the forms could be purchased include; Zenith Bank, Skye Bank, Union Bank,
First Bank and NIPOST. The forms are to be sold at the cost of ?4,500.00
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