The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced plans to fully automate its services in order to reduce physical contact with candidates, aiming to prevent extortion and enhance service delivery.
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the JAMB Registrar, emphasized the importance of limiting physical contact, particularly as many candidates taking the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are underage. This measure is intended to address issues of extortion and exploitation.
Prof. Oloyede further explained that the board is considering limiting physical contact with candidates facing challenges to mitigate potential exploitation. Interactions will be primarily conducted online, with calls being recorded for monitoring and quality control purposes. The board has received reports of unwholesome practices and has deployed a team to investigate these claims, promising to disclose the findings.
Prof. Oloyede commended the honesty and diligence of JAMB staff, expressing confidence in over 99 percent of the staff and assuring that any staff found culpable of misconduct will be dealt with appropriately.
In a separate development, a businesswoman filed a N100m lawsuit against JAMB and others over unsolicited and inappropriate text messages sent to her and her 15-year-old daughter. Additionally, JAMB announced the arrest of registration officers of a Computer-Based Test Centre following allegations of inappropriate communication with an underage candidate.
These incidents underscore the importance of safeguarding candidates' privacy and rights, and the need for stringent measures to address any misconduct within the admissions and matriculation process.
This information was gathered from a bulletin published on the JAMB website and reported by The PUNCH.
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