Lagos — Qualified Nigerians and foreign nationals can now sit for Nigeria's Joint Admission and Matricula-tion Board (JAMB) examination in South Africa, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Dr Yusuf Lawal, a Deputy Director in the JAMB Registrar's office disclosed this in an interview with NAN in Johannesburg. Lawal said the Ministry of Education had also endorsed the conduct of the UME in South Africa.

He said the examination was for Nigerians and other foreign nationals who seek admission into Nigerian universities and explained that the forms were already on sale and could bepurchased either from the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria, or at the Consulate in Johannesburg.

Lawal said any candidate with the requisitequalification could register for the forthcoming examination on May 7, adding that JAMB was collaborating with the South African Department of Education, to provide logistics for the examination.

"There is an existing understanding between JAMB and the South African Department of Education on this. They will only provide the logistics in terms of the schools and invigilators to be used during examinations," he said.Lawal led the Nigerian delegation to the sixth African Commonwealth Examination and AccreditationBodies (ACEAB) meeting in Pretoria,South Africa.