The Registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has said that the body has been working with the possibility of conducting a “mock examination” to test its preparedness with the new technology and also examine some people that are desirous of knowing their competence with the JAMB examination.
He made this known during interaction with newsmen after a meeting with JAMB officials and other stakeholders regarding the new Information Technology being introduced into the system to make it less stressful to candidates.
According to him, the board has been working on increasing the capacity of the CBT centres to maximize their effectiveness to examine more candidates within a given date.
He said that an estimated 1.7 million candidates are expected to register and sit for the Computer Based Test (CBT) across the country which is expected to commence soon.
Apart from the registration fee for UTME 2017 which is N5, 500, the registrar in a statement said The CBT Centres are allowed to collect through their (CBT Centres) bank accounts, a separate ₦700 only, for the mock test after notification of centre has been received by the candidate.
“Payment for mock examination shall be made to the centres to which the candidate is assigned after the notification of assigned centres for the mock examination. No Association or body is permitted to run any mock examination on behalf of JAMB.”
He warned candidates not to pay for the mock until a CBT centre is assigned to them by the Board.
The sale of the UTME 2017 forms will close on April 19, while the examination is slated to hold between May 6 and 20.
JAMB first introduced the computer-based test (CBT) method of writing its UTME in 2013, and conducted the examination in 2013 and 2014 using three modes, namely, dual-based test, paper pencil test and CBT. [myad]
