JAMB - No Using Of Wrist Watches, Pens During 2018 UTME
JAMB says some electronic
devices such as pens, wristwatches and other devices were used to perpetrate
examination malpractice during the 2017 UTME
If you are sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME) in 2018, you may need to start shopping for an hour glass.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), organizer
of the examination has banned the use of wrist watches and pens during the
conduct of its 2018 test.
The board’s Registrar, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede said this to newsmen
on the sideline of a sensitization 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.
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“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 centre’s,” he said.
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.”
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