The Joint Admission Matriculation Board has cautioned parents against going with their going to Computer Based Test centres, which it said may disrupt the successful conduct of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The Lagos State JAMB Coordinator, Mr Babatunde Bamisoye, disclosed this on Tuesday, during the matriculation of new students at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Yaba.
“As far as UTME is concerned, we do not allow parents to come into the premises of the centres. My advice to parents is that they should keep off because their coming has no value, rather it may hinder the success of the exam. Parent need only to get the students prepared with transport money. Allow them to go to their centres and return home,” Bamisoye said.
Bamisoye additionally said the board had visited the 78 accredited CBT centres and confirmed them technically appropriate to direct the examination beginning on April 11.
Underlining the requirement for candidates to avoid the JAMB restricted items, the Bamisoye cautioned, “Candidates should not bring in any of the banned equipment, like glasses or scientific wrist watches, as necessary sanctions will be given. The Registrar, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, has said that whosoever is caught will be sanctioned. Those with special cases like recommended eyeglasses are understandable, besides that, no one should come in with such things as listed.”