Mr Sunday Aladegbaye, Lagos State Coordinator
of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said that all the
2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) intending candidates
will 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.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
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.
NAN learnt that 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.
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