1,503,931 candidates will write this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on March 24.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, stated this while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to him, this is the highest number of registered candidates the board has recorded since inception.
No fewer than 1,493,603 candidates registered for the 2011 UTME, while 1,375,642 registered for the examination in 2010.
The registrar said that this year’s figure witnessed a marginal increase of 10,338 candidates over the 2011 figure, as against an increase of 117,961 candidates recorded in 2011 over the 2010 figure.
He explained that the examination will hold simultaneously in 375 towns in the country and six foreign countries, namely: Ghana, Cameroun, Republic of Benin, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa.
Ojerinde said that JAMB decided to upgrade the Biometrics Finger-print System for this year’s examination.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, stated this while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to him, this is the highest number of registered candidates the board has recorded since inception.
No fewer than 1,493,603 candidates registered for the 2011 UTME, while 1,375,642 registered for the examination in 2010.
The registrar said that this year’s figure witnessed a marginal increase of 10,338 candidates over the 2011 figure, as against an increase of 117,961 candidates recorded in 2011 over the 2010 figure.
He explained that the examination will hold simultaneously in 375 towns in the country and six foreign countries, namely: Ghana, Cameroun, Republic of Benin, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa.
Ojerinde said that JAMB decided to upgrade the Biometrics Finger-print System for this year’s examination.
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