The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised Computer-Based Test(CBT) centres billed to host the upcoming supplementary UTME, to be wary of the pitfalls of others during the just-concluded 2024 UTME that led to rescheduling of the examination slated for Friday, 21st and Saturday, 22nd June, 2024.
The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, at a virtual meeting with affected centres, which was hosted from the Headquarters of the Board on Friday, 7th June, 2024, urged centres to avoid any forms of infractions that could undermine the examination and attract sanctions from the Board.
It would be recalled that the affected centres had their examinations canceled on account of substantial non-compliance with laid-down rules and regulations.
Prof. Oloyede frowned at the level of laxity and compromise witnessed in many of the centres stating that the Board would not tolerate “anything that would negatively impact its image.”
He explained further that the decision to reschedule the examination was owing to the fact that there might be innocent candidates among the candidates so as not to subject them to punishment unjustly.
The Registrar also pointed out that the decision to reschedule the examination would gulp a whopping amount of N100 million as the full complement of examination officials as obtained with the main examination, would be deployed regardless of the numbers of centres involved in the rescheduled examination.
Furthermore, while listing some of the infractions, the Registrar said these included: substitution of candidates, creation of illegal entrance other than the approved entrance with a view to smuggling in “professional examination takers.”
Others included: compromising security operatives, influx of unauthorised persons into the examination halls in addition to other undisclosed infractions to avoid jeopardising ongoing investigation, among others.A total of 24,535 candidates would sit the rescheduled examination in 18 centres across Akwa Ibom, Delta, Edo and Kwara States.
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