The Joint
Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will begin the sale of the 2017 Direct
Entry forms and registration of foreign candidates on July 10.
JAMB’s Head
of Public Relations Fabian Benjamin made this known in an interview with the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bwari, FCT.
Benjamin
said the process of registration for the Direct Entry was spelt out in the just
concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
He said that
candidates for the Direct Entry were expected to have `Advanced Level, Diploma
or its equivalent, while foreign candidates must possess proof of residency
abroad.
“For the
foreign candidates to be eligible to write examination in a foreign centre, you
must have stayed in the foreign country for at least a minimum of six months.
“You must
have attended school there, you must have had your secondary education there;
you must show evidence of having stayed there for period of six months.
“If you have
stayed in Nigeria and just fly to London to register, you are not eligible; you
must have schooled or had your secondary education outside the country.
“Not that
you just finished Senior Secondary Certificate Examination in 2016, and you are
rushing to the United Kingdom to go and write your examination,” Benjamin said.
He noted
that measures had been put in place to ensure that candidates who wrote the
previous examination and failed were not registered in foreign countries,
unless they meet the guideline.
Benjamin
explained that the Direct Entry would be sold at the same price previously
pegged at N5,000, adding that the Board was yet to fix the price for
application for foreign candidates.
“We are
discussing on that, we are looking at selling the forms at $100 (N31,525.00)
for Africans and $150 (N47,287.50) for non-Africans,” he said.
He said that
the JAMB Direct Entry was mainly for people who already possessed a diploma
certificate and wished to do a programme in the university.
The
announcement by JAMB followed preceded the release of a list of approved
Computer-Based Tests centres for candidates’ registration.
The Joint
Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will begin the sale of the 2017 Direct
Entry forms and registration of foreign candidates on July 10. JAMB’s Head of
Public Relations Fabian Benjamin made this known in an interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bwari, FCT. Benjamin said the process of
registration for the Direct Entry was spelt out in the just concluded Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). He said that candidates for the
Direct Entry were expected to have `Advanced Level, Diploma or its equivalent,
while foreign candidates must possess proof of residency abroad. “For the
foreign candidates to be eligible to write examination in a foreign centre, you
must have stayed in the foreign country for at least a minimum of six months.
“You must have attended school there, you must have had your secondary
education there; you must show evidence of having stayed there for period of
six months. “If you have stayed in Nigeria and just fly to London to register,
you are not eligible; you must have schooled or had your secondary education
outside the country. “Not that you just finished Senior Secondary Certificate
Examination in 2016, and you are rushing to the United Kingdom to go and write
your examination,” Benjamin said. He noted that measures had been put in place
to ensure that candidates who wrote the previous examination and failed were
not registered in foreign countries, unless they meet the guideline. Benjamin
explained that the Direct Entry would be sold at the same price previously pegged
at N5,000, adding that the Board was yet to fix the price for application for
foreign candidates. “We are discussing on that, we are looking at selling the
forms at $100 (N31,525.00) for Africans and $150 (N47,287.50) for
non-Africans,” he said. He said that the JAMB Direct Entry was mainly for
people who already possessed a diploma certificate and wished to do a programme
in the university. The announcement by JAMB followed preceded the release of a
list of approved Computer-Based Tests centres for candidates’ registration.
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