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1.5 million candidates are to sit for the 2012 Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examinations across the country on Saturday, the national
examination body said on Tuesday.
The candidates are to compete for about 500,000
admission slots in various tertiary institutions for the 2012/2013
academic season.
Registrar of JAMB, Prof. ’Dibu Ojerinde, said this at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said, “A total of 1,503,931 candidates registered
for the 2012 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, making it the
highest number of candidates so far since the existence of JAMB.”
Ojerinde said 1,375,642 registered for the
examination in 2010 while 1,493,603 candidates registered for the same
examination in 2011.
According to him, the figure in this year’s UTME is
only a marginal increase of 10,338 candidates against an increase of
117,961, the 2011 UTME had over its maiden edition in 2010.
He said Saturday’s exam would hold simultaneously in
the 375 towns in Nigeria and six foreign centres. They are Accra
(Ghana), Buea (Cameroun), Cotonou (Benin Republic), London, Jeddah and
Johannesburg.
According to him, the increase in the number of centres at home and abroad underscores the acceptability of the exam.
Ojerinde said about 467,000 gained admission to various institutions last, saying “it may be above 500,000 this year.”
Ojerinde said, “A total of 3,001 centres will be used
for the conduct of the examination against the 2,872 centres used for
the 2011 UTME.
“About 129 additional centres were created across the country.
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