The Joint Admissions Board (JAMB) conducted this year's Unified Higher Education Entrance Examination (UTME) at 725 centers nationwide.
This is the minutes of the Communications Director and Board of Directors, her Dr. Fabian Benjamin, issued a statement yesterday in Abuja.
Benjamin says:
“As expected, some candidates were unable to take the exam, so some centers had problems with practice.”
A JAMB spokesperson said affected candidates will reschedule their exams at a later date and will be announced free of charge.
“The Board will consider the issues raised by the simulated exercises and act accordingly for better and improved exercises.
“The introduction of the mock UTME by the board was intended to give the board an opportunity to evaluate innovations used in the main exam and to give the candidate a hands-on experience in her CBT environment. . “Introduced over six years ago, the exercise has provided the Board with a unique opportunity to test innovations that have greatly enhanced our ability to deliver world-class assessment exercises,” he said.
Prior to conducting the exercise, the Board issued a statement that it would introduce several new instruments not previously used to assess functionality.
“The Board would like to take this opportunity to apologize for any inconvenience caused to all candidates.
“This is part of a development process aimed at improving the quality, safety and integrity of our services and leveraging this to strengthen the Board’s efforts to initiate the next phase of our transformation agenda. is.
“The exercise also provided a valuable opportunity for the board to refine this process and achieve better results,” added Benjamin. He said the board would like to thank candidates and their parents for their understanding and commitment to ensuring that the system they sacrificed is perfected.
JAMB spokesman quantified benefits from the exercise as the Board took note of the challenges raised and in line with expectations he was better positioned to deliver a seamless his UTME in April I stressed that I can't.