The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), yesterday, said it would partner with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to conduct public examination through Computer Based Test (CBT) for Nigerians abroad.
JAMB’s Head of Public Relations, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, made this known in Abuja at the weekend.
He said the collaboration was to enhance the conduct of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for foreign candidates in 2018.
He said 2017 UTME was conducted for foreign candidates on September 30 in Gambia, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Ghana, Cote D’ Voir, Benin Republic, Ethiopia, South Africa and Cameroun.
He said although the conduct of the examination was not justifiable, in terms of monetary value, there was need for JAMB to collaborate, to promote growth in the education sector.
“We are already promoting CBT in line with international best practices; we have taken it to some countries in Africa, we need to do more to encourage the practice.
“We have even gone ahead to see how we can put some countries on the global map by conducting our public examination there through CBT.
“What we want to do is to partner with the ministry to be able to key into the global technology revolution as part of our foreign policy.
“We must be able to maximise profit, especially from West African countries that we are offering assistance, through scholarship, to school in Nigeria.” he said
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