2019 UTME: JAMB Declares New Date For Printing Of Examination Slips

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled printing of the 2019/20 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) slips to Thursday, April 4.

JAMB’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.

The printing of the examination slips was initially scheduled to start on Tuesday, April 2.

But Benjamin stated the shift in date got here after 14 Computer-Based Tests (CBT) centres have been on Monday, suspended because of infractions through the board’s conduct of Mock UTME, together with an incident the place JAMB employees have been attacked at considered one of its centres.

“The suspension has triggered some distortion within the preliminary association and the board must relocate candidates who have been scheduled to put in writing within the affected centres to different appropriate centres.

“We all know that one of many essences of the mock train was to examine the extent of preparedness of not solely candidates but additionally centres that preserve to the foundations and laws of the board.

“It is to examine on centres which are determined to cheat and to be sure that they don’t obtain their purpose.

“Immediately after the train yesterday, we went into a gathering and examined the conduct of the train, recognized the structural issues and made changes instantly.

“We wish to guarantee no centre fails through the conduct of the train.

“So we need today and tomorrow to redistribute the candidates affected by these suspended centres who had planned to extort them, defraud and frustrate the system, to centres that are more suitable, then printing can begin Thursday. ”

He added that the board was placing all fingers on deck to make sure that candidates sat for the examination in centres the place they have been secure, appropriate and conducive for the train that may be globally accepted.

Benjamin apologised to all candidates of the examination for the inconvenience triggered, including that the board’s intention was to present its finest and guarantee a hitch-free and profitable train.