The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it has
designated 256 centres meant for the 2014/2015 Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination Computer Based Test across the country.
Mr Fabian Benjamin, the Head of Public Relations,said this in
a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on
Monday.
He said that, the centres were increased from 56 in 2012/2013 to
256 for the forthcoming examination.
He said the increase was made to accommodate the large number
of candidates applying for the CBT.
He said, “Application form is out; preparation for the technical
aspect is in top gear and we are always ready.
“Centres that had hitches during the 2012/2013 examination will be
corrected, while some may not be used.
“What we already have on ground is close to perfection.”
The board, in an earlier statement, had announced the
commencement of the sale of the application forms for the
2014/2015 academic session
It advised qualified candidates seeking admission into tertiary
institutions in Nigeria that online registration would be on until
March 14, 2014, while the website would be closed on March 25.
JAMB said the examination would be conducted on April 5, 2014 for
those writing the Paper Pencil Test and Dual Based Test.
It said that the date for the Computer Based Test would be
announced later.
The board had said that, the examination centres of the candidates would solely
depend on their chosen towns during online registration.
Corrections and adjustments would be made from the 2012/2013, which served as a testrun for the CBT examination.
