The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has promised to reschedule the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for candidates who suffered various technical glitches while writing the exam on Friday, News About Nigeria reports.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said this today (Friday), urging the candidates to be calm and quit panicking, as there was no need to fear.
Oloyode further noted that although the exercise is expected to be seamless following the introduction of new mechanisms into the exam system, they are still making provisions for various unforeseen circumstances that might come up.
He also stated that the new date for the examination will be fixed for candidates who encountered any technical difficulties without any delay.
The JAMB registrar said, “We appeal to the public to understand this, some centres will fail. I have heard of only one centre that has failed today. By the end of today, I expect about 10 percent of the centres to have one problem or the other because we know the level of development in different parts of the country. We are not encouraging this, but when it happens, please do not disrupt others.
“It is important to note that when a session fails because of a problem, you cannot bring those candidates to do session two, they will have to step aside, and the headquarters will have to be contacted. The earliest time they can be scheduled will be after 4:30 p.m. so that those slated for sections two and three can write, and these candidates can now write for session four, and in some cases, they can even be scheduled for the following day.”
