The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has urged candidates to register on time and make their choices of institutions clear.
The board made the call on Sunday in a statement issued by its Head of Media, Mr. Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja.
He also said the board was planning for the mock examination in January, preparatory to a better examination later in the year.
His words: “As we prepare for the 2018 examinations, beginning with the optional mock, we urge candidates to register on time, make clear their choices of institutions, disciplines and examination centres in the process.
“Candidates must note that their first choice can be a College of Education, a university, an Innovation Enterprise Institution, a polytechnic or a monotechnic.
“Others include the Nigerian Defence Academy or the Police Academy.
“We will conduct a better examination, ensure more transparent admission and make more remittances to the government.”
In the review of its activities in 2017, the board said it witnessed transformation to success with the support of stakeholders.
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According to it, “In 2017, the board conducted one of the most transparent, inclusive and acceptable examinations with the least incidence of malpractices.”
It said “We invested significantly in the development of intellectual structures, examination infrastructure and human resources.
“This will propel more development in 2018 and put the board in the position to compete favourably with any public institution globally, be it an examination body or service agency.”
The board also said it had been able to adopt some of the suggestions made by the public to build the a new JAMB.
It vowed to improve more on its activities in the new year.
Speaking on the level of success it recorded with its Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) portal, the board stated:
“Candidates were exposed to the new admission software to check admission excesses and our aim is to ensure that no candidate is unjustly treated.
“The only way to achieve this was to open the process up for everybody to see who is admitted, with what aggregate score, and who is not and why he or she was not admitted.
“Also, candidates were able to use the CAPS window to monitor admissions into institutions of choice to ensure that they are not cheated.”
