The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced Computer Studies and Physical and Health Education as part of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) subjects.
JAMB disclosed this in its weekly bulletin released on Monday, 31 January, in Abuja, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
It said candidates sitting the UTME could now pick Computer Studies or Physical and Health Education as part of the four required UTME subjects.
According to JAMB, the addition will enhance the career prospect of students transiting to tertiary institutions.
With the addition, there are now 25 UTME subjects.
Others are Agricultural Science, Arabic, Art, Biology, Chemistry, Christian Religious Studies, Commerce, Economics, French, Geography, Government, Hausa, History, and Home Economics.
Others are Igbo, Islamic Studies, Literature in English, Mathematics, Music, Physics, Principles of Accounts, Use of English, and Yoruba.
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