The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has introduced new guidelines to ensure the smooth operation of future operational processes, such as the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
According to The PUNCH, the board announced this on Monday in Abuja in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar.
Below are some of the new guidelines introduced by the body:
Double fingerprint
A candidate must use at least two fingers to print registration slips, and one of those two fingers will be used for biometric verification before the candidate can enter the exam hall on the day of the exam.
Each candidate’s two verifiable fingers must be listed consecutively on their registration and exam slips.
Centre prohibition
The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has issued a warning that some tutorial centres and cybercafés are not permitted to take part in any of the board’s exams.
No CBT centre would be permitted to work with the prohibited group, according to Oloyede, who also added that any violation of the directive, whether partial or total, would result in the revocation of the CBT centre’s license.
CBT centre accreditation
Without meeting the new requirements, no new Computer-Based Test centre would be accredited.
To that end, new CBT centres must use laptop computers as clients, no thin-clients, or Remote Desktop Protocol will be rejected.
No CBT centre is allowed to install clients with less than 2 gigabytes of RAM.
The Autobot system is now required for the accreditation of CBT centres; there should be three Autobot tests: Mock – UTME and dummy examination pre-accreditation
Biometrics accreditation
The registrar also stated that all registration officers at accredited CBT centres would have their biometrics taken prior to the exercise.
In order to stay ahead of cheaters’ schemes and protect the integrity of the system, the board, as a proactive organization, must change with the times, he explained.
Exemption Candidates
Candidates with poor fingerprint results would be scheduled for the exam as “Exemption Candidates” at the registration desk.
Their registration forms would be visually distinct from those of other candidates and colour-coded.
On the final day of the national examination calendar, such candidates would take their exam in Abuja, and the results would not be made public until after a careful review.
Separation of Direct Entry/UTME
The board would consider separating UTME registration from that of Direct Entry beginning in 2023 in order to further streamline its data collection efforts.
Additionally, all candidate registrations, including UTME, DE, and others, must be finished with fingerprint authentication in order to further condone illegal admissions and the printing of indemnity forms.
