UTME: JAMB conducts hitch-free mock examination for 300,000 candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday said that the conduct of its 2020 mock examination for UTME candidates was hitch-free.
The board’s Head of Media, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, who spoke in an interview in Abuja, said that the exercise was a success. According to him, as at the time of filing this report, the board was yet to receive any official complaint on the conduct of the exercise.
The 2020 mock UTME was scheduled for February 18 in the board’s 64 accredited centres nationwide.
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede had on Monday, said that about 350, 000 candidates were expected to sit for the exercise.
Oloyede said that the board would also automate the mock examinations in some of its centres whereby, centres that may not have candidates physically would be automated and used remotely for the exercise.
Journalists, who visited some of the centres in Bwari, FCT report that except for those who came late for the exercise and could not have access, the exercise was without hassle.
A candidate, Ifeanyi Amos, said that he was not allowed to sit for the examination because he came one hour behind the scheduled time. However, another candidate, Ruth Yona, who said she successfully sat for the exercise described the exercise as smooth.
According to her, she is now familiar with the system and ready for the main examination.
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Candidates who sat for the mock UTME paid N600 to private centre owners for candidates posted to centres not owned by JAMB.
The board also reiterated that the mock examination was voluntary and initiated as preparatory to the main UTME, and is to assist candidates to be in tune with the rudiments of the Computer Based Test (CBT).
It was also initiated to help the board test its facilities with a view to having a hitch-free examination. The result from the exercise would however, not be added or have any effect on the main examination.
