Jamb assures smooth conduct of UTME exams

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board , JAMB, has assured Nigerians especially the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, candidates and their parents that all hands are on deck to ensure the smooth conduct of Year 2017 UTME exercise.

In a statement released in Abuja and signed by the Registrar of the board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the board reiterated that the interest of the candidates is foremost, adding that there is no need for apprehension following the purchase of the forms and other registration processes for the exams.

“We want to reiterate that the interest of the candidates is foremost to the Board and there is no need for any apprehension regarding the purchase of forms and registration for the examinations. It is our commitment as a responsive and responsible body to ensure that no willing candidate is left out and if there is a need to extend the registration deadline, the needful will be done,” the statement stated.

Meanwhile, Saturday 8th of April , 2017 has been set aside for the Mock UTME.

To seamlessly achieve this, the Board has suspended all activities relating to the registration exercise in any centre from 8pm today being Friday 7th of April, 2017 and to resume on Monday 10th of April, 2017.
This is to notify the candidates and the concerned stakeholders that there will be no sale of forms, registration and biometric capturing at the various Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in which the Mock Examinations are taking place.

According to the statement, “this however does not preclude any candidate from going to Banks, NIPOST, interswitch or Remita to procure pins for registration on Monday. This is to prevent any disruption of the process and conduct of the mock examination.”

The board noted that the Mock Examinations for interested candidates taking place on Saturday, the 8th of April, 2017 is intended to familiarise candidates with the CBT systems and generally forecast the challenges that may be faced ahead in order to proactively address them.

“It is just a rehearsal for us and candidates who want to experience the situation to expect during the actual examinations,” it said.

“Therefore, the sale of forms, registration and biometrics at CBT Centres are to be suspended from 8:00 p.m. today till Monday, April 10, 2017. This notice is for the strict adherence of our officers and partners throughout the Federation,” the statement further added.

“While wishing the candidates and officials participating in the examination a successful mock exercise, we once again re-assure the candidates that there is no need for worry or anxiety. The next one week we believe is sufficient to capture the remaining candidates as about 1,000,000 applicants have successfully registered,” the statement reiterated.

“However, as earlier stated, no one will be left behind as the deadline may be extended if there are applicants who do not succeed at registering due to circumstances beyond their control,” Jamb stressed.

The statement added that the board regrets all inconveniences and its determined to work tirelessly in order to change the future of education in Nigeria.