JAMB warns parents to stay far away from CBT centres during exams

Iyojo Ameh

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB says owners of Computer-Based Test, CBT centres should arrest any parent, found near any of their facilities during the 2024 UTME exercise which will commence this weekend

The Registrar of the JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede stated this in Abuja at the final briefing of the CBT centre owners.

Professor Oloyede explained that the measure became necessary as it had been discovered over time that many of these intruding parents are facilitators of examination infractions while others have, by their actions, disrupted the Board’s examinations in the past.

According to the registrar any parent, who disobeys this order, would not only be arrested but his ward would also be disqualified from writing the examination.

The Registrar told newsmen that the Board had directed security operatives to work with the centres to apprehend any meddlesome parent, who is found near the centres.

Professor Oloyede warned candidates that if their personal details are found with any fraudulent website, they would be treated as accomplices and prosecuted.

The Registrar enjoined centre owners to eschew unwholesome acts or risk losing vital opportunities.

While expressing the commitment of the Board to maintain the integrity of the examination, Professor Oloyede noted that the state-of-the-art technologies have been deployed to check all manners of infractions, collaborations and other unsavoury acts that are at variance with its code of operations.