Jamb Update For Intending Writers- Date Of Registration

Lagos State Coordinator of the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board
(JAMB), Mr. Sunday Aladegbaye, has
said that the 2017 Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME)
intending candidates would
experience a hitch-free
examination.

Aladegbaye said this on the sidelines
of the Parents’ Forum organised by
the Management of the King’s
College on Thursday in Lagos.

According to him, there will be no
compromise in the accreditation of
centres to be used for this year’s
UTME.

He said that measures were being
taken to avoid technical hitches.
Some candidates that sat for the
examination in 2016 complained of
technical challenges in some of the
centres.

Such hitches ranged from
malfunctioning of computers to poor
power supply.

This resulted to moving affected
candidates to other functional
centres.

“We have taken time to go round
designated centres in the states, in
order to ascertain the level of
functionality of their computers, the
backups and other requirements.

“Where we find missing gap, we
dropped such centres immediately
and those that meet requirements,
we recommend them to
management.

“We will continue to insist on
accreditation of well-equipped
centres; no more, no less.

“This is because, as a parent myself,
I will not do anything that will
compromise the future of my
children,’’ Aladegbaye said.

The Board would begin the sales of
its registration documents for the
UTME before the end of March.

The coordinator warned candidates
not to fall prey to some desperate
persons, who had been defrauding
innocent Nigerians in the guise of
selling registration documents.