The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
(JAMB) has agreed on a harmonized timetable with other examination
bodies in the country to have a hitch free examination, ahead of the
2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The Board at a brainstorming meeting with National
Examination Council (NECO), West African Examination Council (WAEC)
and National Business and Technical Examination (NABTEB) held at the
national headquarters of the Board in Abuja unanimously agreed to
harmonize the examination timetable because of the candidates desire
for qualitative tertiary education.
This was contained in a statement made available by JAMB’s Head, Information Fabian Benjamin.
The statement said harmonised examination
timetable has put to rest problems arising from overlapping of
examination dates, which would have disenfranchised a sizeable number
of candidates.
At the end of the brainstorming session, the
statement said the bodies resolved that WAEC would speak to all its
authorities that from 2018, between March and April, for a window of
two weeks be created where all other examinations that have nothing
to do with Nigeria will be held so as to allow a window for JAMB to
conduct its examination.
“The bodies agreed that for the purpose of the
2017 UTME, JAMB will shift its examinations to allow students face
WAEC, NECO and NABTEB.
However, a 10-day window for JAMB’S
UTME has been created by all examination bodies for JAMB to conduct
it’s examination. In view of this, JAMB will soon announce
the commencement of sale of the 2017/2018 admission forms for UTME
and Direct Entry (DE).
JAMB emphasises the fact that whoever
is presently collecting any money in the name of JAMB form should be
reported to the Police or any other security agency as fraudster.
NECO and NABTEB have also adjusted their
examination timetables to avoid overlap in subjects that are common
to the two (2) examination bodies.
The statement noted that a committee was set up to
critically appraise the mandates of WAEC, NECO and NABTEB, the
three examination bodies to make sure that each body
sticks to their original mandate and with the possibility of working
together in a synergy that they lead to collaborative
examination for the purpose of students having results at one (1)
sitting rather than separate sittings.
The essence of the meeting is to continually
find solutions to challenges faced by candidates in the cause of
their desire for tertiary education.
Meanwhile, JAMB said it has not
commenced the sales of its application documents and that the forms
will be out as soon as all critical planning are concluded to ensure
a smooth examination in 2017.
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