JAMB’s Canadian ambition: A $20 ticket to a system parents fought to leave

Nigeria’s Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) wants to administer its university entrance exam inside the Nigerian High Commission in Ottawa by 2027. The goal? To internationalise Nigerian universities by making it easier for the diaspora to write the UTME and study back home. The registration fee is just $20. But while the logistics of setting up computer terminals in a diplomatic mission are relatively simple, convincing parents to put their teenagers on a return flight is a much harder…