2024 UTME: Be calm, JAMB tells candidates with glitches

The registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has appealed to candidates who experienced glitches in the course of their examinations to remain calm as they would be rescheduled to write the exam.

Oloyede, who made the appeal after monitoring the exam in Kogi-Bwari, Abuja on Friday, said that so far, the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination had been going on smoothly as only one centre had been reported to have encountered issues.

The JAMB boss also disclosed that new mechanisms had been put in place to address exam glitches and tackle fraudsters as well.

“We appeal to the public to understand this. Some centres will fail. I have heard of only one centre that has failed today.

“By the end of today, I expect about 10 per cent of the centres to have one problem or the other because we know the level of development in different parts of the country.

“We are not encouraging this, but when it happens, please do not disrupt others. It is important to note that when a session fails because of a problem, you cannot bring those candidates to do session two, they will have to step aside, and the headquarters will have to be contacted.

“The earliest time they can be scheduled will be after 4:30 p.m. so that those slated for sections two and three can write, and these candidates can now write for session four, and in some cases, they can even be scheduled for the following day,” he said.