Bauchi State Government has approved the payment of N185.5m as registration fees for 3,810 students for the Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination, and National Examination Council.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Education Commissioner, Aliyu Tilde.
The payment is for the students, who bagged A, B and C grades in the recently concluded SSCE Aptitude Tests in the state.
He said that the approvals were for payment of NABTEB examination fees for all the 1,751 SS3 Students of Government Technical Colleges and all the 499 students sitting for NBAIS examination from Government Arabic Colleges.
Tilde stated that the payment of JAMB/UTME registration fees for Aptitude Test candidates was novel in the state.
He added that eligible students must hasten to obtain their NIN before the money would be paid to the bank.
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