The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned owners of Computer- Based Centres (CBT) that it would not tolerate any infractions that would negatively affect its image or that of its examinations.
This warning was issued by JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede during a meeting between the Board and representatives of the CBT Centres that were de-listed after the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
- Prof Oloyede*
The meeting took place on 9th December, 2019, in Abuja, according to the latest edition of JAMBulletin, a weekly publication of the Office of JAMB Registrar.
According to Professor Oloyede, “The Board would not allow its name to be dragged in the mud by the inefficiencies of centre operators.”
He further warned that “ We are not here to trade off or subordinate the interest of Nigeria to any other interest. JAMB would not tolerate any infraction, no matter how small. If the tempo of JAMB activities are too high for you, please seek other areas of engagement. There are so many things people can do outside partnering with JAMB.”
JAMBulletin noted that “ The Board does not delist centres until it is clearly established that such centres have breached the ethics of the examination. At the meeting with the delisted centres where their levels of involvements were revealed to them, the centres accepted their culpabilities and pleaded for mercy.
“ The invited centres were summoned to the meeting so as to be shown their levels of culpabilities and to hear their own side of the story regarding issues ranging from registration infractions, which is viewed as the foundation for malpractices, centres with technical deficiencies, those with reduced capacity and school-based CBT centres.”
The publication added that “ Other invited to the meeting included centres with multiple fingerprint violations and those that threatened examination officials, among others.”
Professor Oloyede in his closing remarks urged CBT centre owners to ensure full compliance with rules and regulations in their dealings with JAMB.
He said there would be no hiding place for any wrongdoer, adding that no infraction would go undetected and unpunished, as according to him, JAMB has state-of-the –art technology at its disposal to detect any infraction committed before, during and after the UTME.
He enjoined the centres to be of good conduct in the Board’s examinations or be disengaged completely.
The centres with technical challenges , in their response, promised to make amends if pardoned and informed Professor Oloyede of arrangements being made in their respective centres to fix their facilities in readiness for the 2020 JAMB Registration and Examination.