The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it would partner the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to conduct public examination through Computer Based Test (CBT) for Nigerians abroad.
\nJAMB\u2019s Head of Public Relations, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this known in an interview with newsmen\u00a0 in Abuja.
\nBenjamin said that the collaboration was to enhance the conduct of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for foreign candidates in 2018.
\nHe said 2017 UTME was conducted for foreign candidates on September 30 in Gambia, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Ghana, Cote D\u2019 Voir, Benin Republic, Ethiopia, South Africa and Cameroun.
\nAccording to him, although the conduct of the examination was not justifiable, in terms of monetary value, there is need for JAMB to collaborate, to promote growth in the education sector.
\n\u201cWe 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.
\n\u201cWe have even gone ahead to see how we can put some countries on the global map by conducting our public examination there through CBT.
\n\u201cWhat 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.
\n\u201cWe must be able to maximise profit, especially from West African countries that we are offering assistance, through scholarship, to school in Nigeria.
\n\u201cWe cannot achieve much by looking at things from naira and kobo, but through diplomatic relations there will be adequate room to gain through conduct of examination abroad,\u201d he said.
\nThe head of public relations explained that foreign candidates sat for examination in one session based on local time of their various countries, adding that the questions were deployed from the board\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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