Breaking: JAMB fixes March 14 for 2020 UTME

Breaking: 

JAMB fixes March 14 for 2020 UTME

- The 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) is fixed for March 14

- Prof Is-haq Oloyede, the registrar of JAMB, made the announcement in Abuja

- The announcement was made not long after JAMB said it may deploy drones to monitor examinations in 2020

Prospective candidates for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) are to participate in the exercise on March 14 as the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) begins preparation.

The date was announced by JAMB on Monday, December 23, saying the examination will hold between March 14 and April 4.

Nigeria schools info reports that Prof Is-haq Oloyede, the registrar of JAMB, made the announcement in Abuja when he met with commissioners for education from the 36 states.

According to Oloyede, registration for the UTME will start on January 13, and end on February 17.

In its latest move to eradicate malpractice, the board's registrar gave an indication that drones may be deployed to monitor the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME).

Oloyede gave the hint on Thursday, December 19, during a meeting of the stakeholders held at the Congo Conference Hotel, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in Kaduna state.

Meanwhile, JAMB has said it has wielded the big stick on 133 centres where it was discovered that candidates for the UTME engaged in malpractices.