The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will provide necessary support to ensure that Nigerian students evacuated from war-torn Sudan are integrated into the nation’s Tertiary Institutions.
Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known in Abuja when the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, visited the Boards headquarters to discuss modalities for integrating the affected students into tertiary institutions in the country.
Oloyede, who empathized with the students, commended NIDCOM for the effective handling of their evacuation, while assuring of the Boards desired support.
Meanwhile, the NIDCOM chairman, Dabiri-Erewa, said 1,730 Nigerians have so far been evacuated from Sudan adding that majority of them are students eager to continue their education in Nigeria while waiting for the war to be over.
Also speaking, one of the parents of the affected students, Asmau Yerima, commended NIDCOM and JAMB for ensuring that the students will not be abandoned at home doing nothing.
Steps for integrating the students on the the nations universities were also highlighted at the meeting.
