JAMB Scraps Mop-Up UTME, Reveals Why

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday as a manner of curbing examination malpractice insisted that every one candidates have to be biometrically verified earlier than taking the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

That is because the examination physique introduced the scrapping of the mop-up examination it launched in 2017 for candidates who register for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) however couldn’t get their biometrics verified.

Naija Information reviews that the board in its Weekly Bulletin from the workplace of the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, defined that the most recent improvement emanated from the administration’s rigorous overview of the 2022 UTME train with the necessity to shut all loopholes seen in the course of the examination.

It stated it has come to the tip of an period whereby some candidates will current themselves on the examination venue and declare problem to be biometrically verified and count on the system to permit them to take a seat for the examination is gone for good.

The assertion on JAMB’s bulletin stated: “It is going to be recalled that the board, out of magnanimity has allowed such candidates to be rescheduled for the mop-up UTME launched in 2017.

“Nonetheless, the board has of late, realised the futility of such an association after assessing the method and its impression on your complete examination worth chain.

“Consequently, the administration of the board has regrettably resolved that every one candidates have to be verified to take a seat for his or her examination as there shall be no extra mop-ups UTME for no matter purpose.

“To cater for the few that will have real instances of incapacity to be captured, such candidates are to obviously point out such problem from the purpose of registration.

“That is in order that they are often assigned to a centre located throughout the Nationwide headquarters of the board for shut monitoring.”

The examination physique stated the choice was not solely essential to sanitise the examination course of but in addition to make sure that the hard-earned status of the board was not impugned.

JAMB noticed that examination malpractice remained one of many main obstacles confronted by all public examination our bodies throughout the globe, therefore, the necessity for it to constantly take steps to confront the monster.

It added: “No candidate of the UTME shall be allowed to take a seat for its examination with out first being biometrically verified. All 10 fingers of the candidate have to be captured on the level of registration.

“To fight the menace of examination malpractice, the board has taken full benefit of expertise by introducing, amongst others, biometric capturing of a candidate’s 10 fingers throughout UTME registration.

“That is to make sure that there’s a convincing match between the fingerprints captured and people offered by the candidate on the examination venue.”