Tare Youdeowei
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations
Board has said that it will commence sale of the Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination form to candidates on January 10, 2019.
This was made known during a meeting
between JAMB and Computer Based Test centres at the University of Lagos,
on Thursday, where the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, also
said the registration for the UTME would no longer be done at cybercafés
but at accredited CBT centres.
JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede.
Tare Youdeowei
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations
Board has said that it will commence sale of the Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination form to candidates on January 10, 2019.
This was made known during a meeting
between JAMB and Computer Based Test centres at the University of Lagos,
on Thursday, where the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, also
said the registration for the UTME would no longer be done at cybercafés
but at accredited CBT centres.
Oloyede stated that limiting of
registration of candidates to only approved CBT centres was to end
extortion of candidates, mixing up of pupils’ data, malpractice, as well
as for monitoring purposes.
He said, “Cybercafés overcharge pupils
and mix up data which makes pupils suffer. They also do services they
don’t have the capacity to do. All these, coupled with the fact that
there is no way of tracking them because they were not registered, we
have limited registration to CBT centres that can be monitored.
“From now on, all essential services;
creation of candidate profile, uploading WAEC and NECO results,
collating biometric details, would be done at CBT centres. To reduce the
incidence of data mix up prospective candidates will verify their data
by fingerprint before it is submitted and printed out.”
The registrar, however, advised CBT
proprietors and managers to maintain the highest standards as he
threatened to weed out non performers. “Even as essential services are
restricted to you, you have to look beyond the revenue and deliver
quality service because you will be constantly monitored. Even as 80 per
cent of CBT centres performed well in 2018. We have eliminated those
that didn’t do well. Fifty centres were sanctioned for registration
infractions and against 2019, we have 718 accredited CBT centres which
will help in spreading digital literacy,” he said.
Oloyede added that the sale of
registration forms would span six weeks, as he gave the assurance that
the general elections would not affect UTME because the board had
adjusted its examination schedule ahead of the election. He also said
the registration portal would make provision for deaf candidates so they
can be well attended to in their respective centres.
Source: PUNCH.
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