50 prison inmates to write 2018 UTME
No fewer than 50 prison inmates will sit for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), according to an official. The Principal, Ikoyi Prisons School, Mr Idris Ibikunle, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.
According to him, the school has prepared the inmates well for the examination as officials of the facility have stepped up efforts in ensuring an excellent performance. “Right now, we are preparing about 50 of the inmates for the next UTME and by what I see, they are very determined to excel. “We are yet to enroll them for the examination proper; we want to give a little more room for others interested so we can do the enrolment once.
“I am optimistic that we will enroll more than 50 of the inmates for the examination,’’ Ibikunle told NAN. NAN recalls that earlier this year, 59 inmates were registered for the 2017 UTME out which 35 had their results released and are at various stages of admission placement to tertiary institutions.
