11 JAMB CBT centres to face sanctions

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has recommended tough penalties for 11  Computer Based Test (CBT) centres for their alleged involvement in fingerprint irregularities during registration for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Also to be penalised are registration centres that had  more than 50 candidates with fingerprint irregularities.

The sanctions are, however, subject to approval by Education Minister Tunji Alausa.

Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, made this known after a stakeholder meeting on examination infractions in Abuja yesterday.

Oloyede explained that the penalties are intended to protect the integrity of the examination process.

Oloyede said: “The leadership of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, with some critical stakeholders here, recommends as follows: That any registrant who has registered more than 50 candidates (with infractions) should be dismissed from participating in any activities of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation  Board.

“And what that means, is that such a person will not participate in any UTME exercise, will not be registered for the UTME even as a student, and will not be allowed to participate in any of the sister examinations, be it WAEC(West African Examination Centre), NECO(National Examination Council)  or NABTEB (National Business and Technical Examinations Board)   and this is to be for three years.