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Techfile: Jamb Guidelines, Dates For 2018 Utme Released - education
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
has released guidelines for the 2018 Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME) as well as fixing
dates for registration of candidates and the
examination.
This is coming as JAMB disclosed the reduction of
production cost to the tune of N2 billion per annum.
Addressing critical stakeholders on the plans and
programmes for 2018 UTME and Direct Entry (DE)
examinations at a meeting in Abuja wednesday,
JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, said the
board has fixed a two-month registration duration
from November 22, 2017, to January 22, 2018, as
against the one month duration for the 2017
examination.
Giving this wide duration, he said the board does not
have the intention of extending the registration
period.
He however, expressed concern at the ongoing delay
experienced at the hands of publishers of the reading
texts, which he promised would be handled.
Oloyede said the examination proper has been fixed
between March 9 and 17, 2018 for the UTME, while
the Mock examination which is optional will take
place between 21 and 23 January, 2018.
He said: “It is proposed that the sale of application
documents would commence on November 22 and
end on January 22, 2018, spanning a period of two
months as against one month of the 2017 exercise.
The only concern is the publisher of the reading text
that appears to have taken the board’s gentle
approach as helplessness.
“Having examined that all logistics put in places for a
smooth exercise, the management would strictly
adhere to the sale period. Therefore, all critical
stakeholders are advised to cooperate, collaborate,
support and assist the board in this direction.
“It is proposed that the Mock examination would take
place on January 22 to 24, 2018. The number of days
for the examination varies from one to three and this
would depend on the number of candidates who
show interest in the Mock examination and the
number of Computer Based Test centres in the
examination towns/state of candidates who express
interest..
“It is proposed that the 2018 UTME will take place
between March 9 and 17, 2018,” he added.
To prevent extortion of candidates, Oloyode said the
application fee remains N5,000 which include N300
bank charges while candidates are to pay N700 for
registration at the Computer Based Centres (CBT)
accredited by the board.
According to him, “The application fees remains
N5,000 just as the Reading Test is still N500. The
application fee is inclusive of the commission of N300
paid on each application to the selling point.”
The JAMB, however, noted that foreign candidates
have their fees slashed from between 120 and 100
paid last year to just 20.
He said that “in order to streamline the application
fee in tandem with application fee for other public
examinations in other countries, management has
approved 20 per candidate as application fee for all
foreign based candidates in any country. The Nigerian
embassies in each of the countries shall assist the
board in collating and forwarding the application
forms to the board”.
To ensure the successful conduct of the examination,
the registrar said the board has put in place measure
to checkmate malpractices and fraud, to further give
credibility to the examination.
Such measures, he said, included introduction of
Electronic Jammers at all CBT centres to ensure that
the integrity of the test is maintained.
Other measure is the prohibition of items such as cell
telephones and other materials prohibited in
examination sessions like wrist watches, any
electronic gadgets or device, any form of pen, while
eye glasses are to be scrutinized.
He advised parents “to ensure that their children and
wards do not go to the examination venue with the
prohibited items. Both metal and lens’ detectors will
be deployed.”
In preparation for the examination, Oloyede disclosed
that the board has at various times met with several
stakeholders and service providers necessary for the
success of the examination. Such bodies include the
Mobile Money operators, banks and other financial
service providers, communication service providers
(MTN, Airtel, Glo) and technical advisors.
In a related development, Oloyode disclosed that
JAMB was able to cut cost on annual bases to the
tune of N2 billion in recent renegotiation of service
agreements.
According to him, the board renegotiated the then
existing service agreements with the aim of having
the best deals for the nation and doing what is right
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