Arrest any parent near CBT centre during UTME – JAMB

By Mariam Abeeb

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners to arrest any parent, who is found near any of their facilities during the 2024 UTME exercise.
The directive was issued at the final briefing of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners, which was held virtually.
A statement signed by JAMB spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, stated that the directive became necessary following the intrusive disposition of some parents during the Board’s previous exercises.
According to the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, any parent, who disobeys this order, would not only be arrested but his ward would also be disqualified from sitting the examination.
“This measure is necessary as it has 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. Some miscreants also disguise as parents to infiltrate the centres to perpetrate all forms of infractions,” he said.
The Registrar disclosed that the Board has directed security operatives to work with the centres to apprehend any meddlesome parent, who come near the centres.
The Board’s helmsman noted that going by the extant national policy on education, a candidate for the examination must have attained the age of 17 years.
“Therefore, it is evident that these parents had not allowed their wards to pass through the classes as defined in the document, hence, the determination to follow their wards to the examination venue with the aim of compromising examination officials. At any rate, it is clear to any discerning observer that these parents deserve to be sanctioned as they had obviously ‘smuggled’ underage children into the ranks of those scheduled to sit the examination,” he said.
The Board also availed itself of the opportunity provided by the meeting to advise candidates to jealously guard their personal details, e-mail address, as well as their registration and phone numbers.
“This advice is issued against the backdrop of some candidates, who might be enticed into patronising any of those fraudulent websites out there.
Consequently, the Board informed candidates that if their personal details are found with any of such sites, they would be treated as accomplices and prosecuted,” he said.