1.7 MILLION CANDIDATES EXPECTED TO SIT FOR 2017 UTME — JAMB REGISTRAR

The Registrar, Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board , Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has
said 1.7 million candidates are expected to sit
for 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination in April.

He said this on Tuesday in Abeokuta at the
sideline of the examination body's Information
and Communication Technology retreat
involving civil society groups, students and
other major stakeholders.

The two -day retreat held within the Olusegun
Obasanjo Presidential Library complex in
Abeokuta.
He said the JAMB also aimed at increasing the
capacities of its Computer Based Test Centres
in order to make the April examination
seamless.

He said , "We are expecting 1.7 million
candidates to sit for the UTME 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."

Oloyede who said the body would not promise
a hitch-free examination, noted that there
were changes and innovations ongoing which
would send some illegal operators who had
defrauded candidates in the past, out of
business.

The JAMB boss, however, said the
examination body would not be deterred in its
mission to serve its candidates better.