Folashade Adebayo
A group, the Association of Tutorial School Operators, on Thursday lamented what it called hardship faced by candidates who want change of institutions effected on their forms at the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board office in Lagos.
The National President of the association, Mr. Dotun Sodunke, therefore said it would shut down economic activities in Lagos on Monday, unless the leadership of JAMB decentralises its operations to allow candidates who want to change their institutions do so at other venues.
Speaking to our correspondent, Sodunke claimed that only a few computers were working at JAMB Lagos office on Thursday, adding that many candidates fainted from exhaustion while waiting to effect a change.
He said, “We have been waiting for the JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, to do the right thing since registration for the UTME started. Candidates paid N2,500 to change their institutions yet they are still subjected to suffering. There were 2,000 candidates to four computers in JAMB office. About 14 candidates fainted and I saw police and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps beating up candidates. Is that right?
“Results have been released and more than 76,000 results are withheld by JAMB. Some candidates got text messages from JAMB that 100 marks have been deducted from their scores because the CCTV caught them cheating. Examination malpractice is usually done in collusion with JAMB officials and CBT operators. JAMB is withholding results of thousands of candidates but has yet to arrest any of its officials or CBT centre.”
However, the Head, Public Affairs, JAMB, Mr. Fabian Benjamin, has said that the decision not to use cyber café in the UTME registration process was predicated on previous experience.
“JAMB has been conducting UTME for years and we have arrested many cyber café operators who held candidates to ransom in the past. We have adequate systems for the candidates and the process will be over in a matter of days.
“We have also arrested CBT operators and investigation is still ongoing. We are going to prosecute individuals, including candidates caught cheating,’’ he said.
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