No hitches as JAMB conducts UTME nationwide
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Tuesday, commenced the conduct of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
A visit by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent to some of the Computer Based Centres (CBT) in Abuja and its environs revealed that the examination was free from technical hitches.
At Global Distance Learning Institute, opposite the Ministry of Finance, Central Business Area, Abuja, it was observed that as of 6:50 a.m., candidates were already waiting for the examination to start.
It was also observed that the first session of the examinations was to commence at exactly 8:00a.m did not start until a few minutes before 9:00 a.m.
However, when asked why the candidates were still waiting, an invigilator, who simply gave his name as Rilwanu, revealed that the time was moved from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. as they were awaiting orders from JAMB headquarters.
Meanwhile, one of the High Opinion Leaders for the examination, Mr Abdulrahman Balogun, said there were no technical hitches but that the little delay was from JAMB headquarters.
“I have been to some centres this morning from Jikwoyi, Karu to AYA and now at the Global Distance Learning Institute.
“At this centre, they are to have three sessions, the first session is to start at 7:00a.m and students were expected to arrive at 6:30 am. The second session is to start at 9:00a.m, while the third session starts at 11:00 a.m.
“We had some little delay at this centre, the examination that ought to have started at 7:00 a.m. did not start and when asked I was told it was not due to any technical hitch but they were waiting for a signal from JAMB headquarters.
“As you can see, the examination is going on unhindered, 200 candidates are expected to sit for the first session but out of this, 183 were accredited, 16 absent and one unverified,” he said.
Balogun, who said that candidates in the second batch had been screened to ascertain their centre, commended the process, saying that close to 99 per cent success in terms of orderliness, smoothness and arrangement was recorded.
Speaking on the high turnout of parents loitering at the examination centre, he advised parents to avoid obstructing the process of the examinations.
“Parents will continue to be parents, some will say they will come along with their children because of security reasons.
“Some say they are still children and the truth is these are children. You cannot blame them but they should not interfere with the process or conduct of the JAMB examination.
“It is their fundamental right to stay outside the gate but they should not come in and obstruct the exams,” he said.
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