JAMB Releases Number Of Centres For 2017 UTME, Number Of Blind Candidates Too

According to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), 624 examination centres have being made available for the 1,731,039 candidates of the 2017 UTME.

According to Vanguard, the Registrar of JAMB, Prof Is-haq Oloyede while briefing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, May 9, said also that they were prepared for the 321 blind candidates who will participate in the examination.

Oloyede also explained that in a bid to curb exam malpractice, Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras will be mounted in all the centres and adequate security arrangement have been made.

The spokesperson said: "We registered a number that has never been done in the entire 39 years of the existence of JAMB within a time frame Nigerians were skeptical about."