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.
Mr.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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