The leadership of the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), West African Examination Council
(WAEC), National Examination Council (NECO) and National Business and Technical
Examination (NABTEB) have all agreed to harmonise the time-table of the various
exams coming up in 2017, in order to ensure a hassle free examination.
The unanimous agreement was
reached during a brainstorming meeting that was hosted by JAMB in Abuja.
The Spokesperson of JAMB, Dr.
Fabian Benjamin, in a statement late on Tuesday night in Abuja, said the
harmonised examination timetable had put to rest problems arising from
overlapping of examination dates which would have disenfranchised a sizeable
number of candidates from writing the examination.
“At the end of the brainstorming
session, 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 statement said.
According to the statement, the
examination bodies agreed that for the purpose of the 2017 UTME, JAMB would
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 its
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).
He further stated that “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.”
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