Reasons have emerged regarding the mass failure that was recorded in this year’s UTME examination conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
Information reaching us at Greenbarge Reporters online newspaper indicated that most of the failed candidates attributed it to the following issues:
Difficult Questions — that the questions were unusually hard.
Time Management Issues — that the time given for the completion of questions was not enough.
System Errors — that there were technical glitches during the exam.
System Failures — that there were incidences of computer freezing, crashing or lagging.
Unfair Question Allocation — that some candidates had easier or harder sets of questions than others.
Poor Center Coordination — that there were disorders and delays at some CBT centers.
Unresponsive Invigilators or Supervisors —that help wasn’t readily available for them when they needed it.
Power/Network Interruptions — that there were Interruption of exams due to electricity or internet issues.
No Makeup or Consideration for Affected Candidates — that most of them that had issues felt left out or ignored.
Meanwhile, candidates who have been scheduled for resist of the examination today, May 17, are currently on it in various centres.
