Tunde Ladipo, the Controller of Prisons, Lagos
Command says 24 inmates of the Ikoyi Prisons will participate in the
forthcoming 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination scheduled to hold
in April.
The Board had also said that no fewer than 1.8 million
candidates had registered for the all Computer Based Test under the UTME.
According to Ladipo, preparations have been concluded by the Board to ensure a
hitch-free examination for the inmates in its facility.
He noted that the inmates who had been undergoing intensive
coaching at the facility’s school had demonstrated a great zeal and a high
level of commitment in readiness for the examination adding that with the
current state of facilities in the prisons’ school, he was expecting nothing
but excellent performance from the inmates.
“I want to say that we are very prepared and ready for this
examination. A lot of work has already been done as part of our efforts to
ensure that these inmates are well tutored and exposed to the use of ICT for
the coming examination.
“We have prepared them on how to use the computer during the
examination as it is on this mode that all the candidates will be tested.
“Thankfully, the organisers of this UTME have assisted the
facility with 60 computers and other accessories. Ever since this supply was
made, we have been using them to train these inmates at the prisons’ school and
their responses have been amazing.
“We expect that they will all come out in flying colours,
as, apart from the computers, we can also boast of a well stocked library,
coupled with teachers who have been coming to take them on various subjects,”
Ladipo said.