2022 UTME: JAMB Conducts Examination In Five Foreign Centres

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Saturday, May 28, conducted the 2022 Foreign UTME in five out of its nine foreign centres.

The information was contained in the board's weekly Bulletin released on Monday, May 30, 2022. 

According to the Bulletin, the centres where the examination was held include Accra, Ghana; Johannesburg, South Africa; Buea, Cameroun, Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire and Cotonou, Benin Republic.

The bulletin added that the 2022 Foreign UTME would take place in the four other centres in due course.

"However, the 2022 Foreign UTME would take place at the other four centres in due course. The centres where the exercise would commence hereafter include: Berlin, Germany; London, United Kingdom; Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and New York, United States of America," the bulletin read.

JAMB explained that the foreign UTME was conducted to give foreign students who are interested in studying in Nigerian institutions the opportunity to do so. 

"Foreign UTME is part of the largesse of the Board towards providing succour to foreign candidates who signalled interest to attend Nigerian tertiary institutions during the coming academic year.

"The international policy of the Board on test administration aims at attracting more foreign candidates to the nation’s tertiary institutions and the policy has been yielding positive results in recent times, going by the number of candidates applying to sit the examination yearly," the bulletin added.