The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB),
organiser of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), has banned
the use of wrist watches and pens during the conduct of its 2018 test. The
board’s Registrar, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede disclosed this to newsmen on the
sideline of the sensitisation workshop for Computer Based Test (CBT) centre
owners on Wednesday in Lagos. According to him, the workshop was to appraise
the registration and conduct of the 2017 examination.
“What we are doing
here today is to appraise the registration and conduct of our past examination
and we have taken some lessons from our experience. “To this end therefore we
have introduced some measures that will further add to the integrity of the
registration process as well as the conduct of the examination proper. “For
instance, we discovered during the conduct of the last examination that some
electronic devices such as pens, wristwatches and other devices were used to
perpetrate examination malpractice. “So, for next year, we have banned the use
of wristwatches and pens by candidates and other persons in the examination
hall. “We are also going to introduce some detection devices to ensure that
those who plan to cheat in the examination hall are frustrated, as we will also
jam (communication network) of the centres,” he said.
Oloyede noted that
the sale of the registration document for the 2018 UTME would commence before
the end of November. “We are planning to meet with all stakeholders on Nov. 15
and the sale of the registration document will definitely commence before the
end of this month. “But before that, we expect candidates to go and download
our app, go to our website and download the syllabus and brochure, so that they
can now study the process. “This is in order to minimise the errors that
usually occur during the registration process,” he said. The JAMB boss added
that no fewer than 617 centres have been accredited nationwide for the
exercise.
“We are still
considering about 60 more centres as we have their applications waiting for
consideration. “However, a total of 72
centres nationwide have earlier been delisted owing to their involvement in
some infractions and they remain delisted.” On the board’s plan to construct
mega CBT centres for its examinations, Oloyede said: “The mega centre plan is
still on, we said that last year. “But the process of planning will take
sometime. “There will be design, there will be contact with private operators,
just as there will be advertisements and also due process will be followed,” he
said. Earlier, Oloyede called for the support of the CBT centre owners in
checking anti-examination activities capable of compromising the examination.
“While thanking you
for your deligence during the 2017 examination, we want to seize this
opportunity to inform you of the flagging off of the 2018 excercise. “We will like to also assure you that we will
make use of the best CBT centres in the coming examination. “You will be
culpable if you do not expose any CBT centre that is doing what is evil because
they will attract condemnation from all of us. “It is on this premise that we
are appealing that you assist us in identifying the bad eggs among you and
ensuring that they do not participate in our activities,” he said. According to
him, monitoring starts from the time of arrival of the centre owners to the
workshop.
He added that
during the 2018 UTME examination, the board would include some other
requirements for CBT centres. “We are
not going to accept wireless CCTV cameras. Any examination conducted in any CBT
centre that we cannot monitor from Abuja will not be paid for. “The onus is on
you to ensure that your CCTV are working and must be on and no CBT centre is
allowed to sell any kind of materials under the guise of past questions. “We
will also not tolerate candidates leaving the centre to go out to use the
toilet. It is expected that all accredited CBT centres have an in-house
convenience,” Oloyede said.
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