UTME: Stakeholders laud JAMB for hitch-free exercise

Some education stakeholders in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for ensuring hitch-free examination since the beginning of the exercise.

Some parents, who spoke with newsmen in separate interviews on Tuesday in Abuja, noted that 2018’s examination began promptly and was hitch-free compared with the 2017 exercise.

Mr Akpan David expressed satisfaction at JAMB’s general coordination and services, saying that two of his children that wrote the examination said that they did not encounter any difficulty throughout.

News correspondents’ visit to some of the centres such as Digital Bridge Institute, Christ the King College, Gwagwalada, Kabat ICT Centre and Solid Fundamentals Montessori Academy among others revealed the exercise was conducted without hitches.

Some officials of the centres said three sessions comprising of 250 candidates per session sat for the examination within the allotted duration‎.

Mr Cletus Okam, an ICT Manager, in one of the centres said the first session always started a few minutes past 7 a.m in the morning and it would last for two hours.

Some candidates affirmed that the exercise was smooth and they did not have any problems login into the computer system.

Ms Chinyere Oji said that at her centre that the examination started on schedule and went on smoothly.

Oji noted that the internet network at her centre was fast and candidates were able to finish the examination within the given period.

However, Mrs Edith John expressed disappointment at one of the centres, saying that the centre did not adhere to the official time for each session of the examination duly largely to the poor internet network.

She, therefore, suggested that the board should ensure that it gives accreditation to ICT centres that were ready to offer good services to candidates.

“JAMB should not look at the physical structure of the school or centre, but look out for the quality of services expected from such centres,” she said.

UTME started nationwide on Friday, March 9 and it is expected to last one week.