The registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Professor ISHAQ OLOYEDE has confirmed that necessary plans have been put in place to have a hitch free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise scheduled for next week.
The body last month came under criticism, following technical glitches and delays experienced during the mock examinations conducted at different CBT centers across the nation.
Speaking on Wednesday morning in Abuja, Professor OLOYEDE who debunked rumors of technical failures revealed that students were made to write two mock examinations to certify how smooth the operations will look like when exams start running between 16th to 25th of April, while confirming that the examination body is prepared for over 2 million students in 994 accredited CBT centers nationwide.
Professor OLOYEDE also made it clear that JAMB is working on how students in areas facing security challenges will participate in the examination adding that the body will be applying a mop-up exercise for those who may miss their scheduled dates.
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