By Fatima Zahra Muhammad
ASHENEWS reports that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has rescheduled the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for candidates who could not sit for their exams today.
The examination body in a statement issued on Tuesday by Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head, Public Affairs and Protocol of the board said that the board had to reschedule the exams due to the technical glitch which occurred on Tuesday.
According to the statement, over 100 out of the 708 centers in Nigeria experienced technical failures.
“candidates, who for technical reasons could not take the examination, are to print a new examination notification early tomorrow morning, Wednesday, 26th April, 2023, to know their new scheduled sessions.
“It is to be noted that about 100 centers out of the 708 centers participating in the 2023 UTME exercise across the country, experienced technical challenges that prevented their allotted candidates from successfully taking their examination, “the statement said.
The statement, which regretted any inconveniences the change might have posed to candidates and their parents assured that the board was committed to ensuring that the examinations to be conducted in the coming days are devoid of such hitches.
“According to the statement, the Board reiterated its determination to deploy world-class assessment in line with global best practices to deliver quality assessment and regretted any inconveniences experienced by candidates and their parents.
“The statement further restated that the series of challenges encountered was on account of some novel features deployed by the Board to safeguard the sanctity of the examination by checkmating all incidences of examination misconduct being perpetrated and perpetuated by vested interests.
“The Board, therefore, reiterated the commitment of its technical team working round the clock to ensure that tomorrow’s exercise is devoid of any hitches.
“Meanwhile, the Board assures Nigerians that no candidate would be denied the right of taking his/her examination because, in case of any challenges experienced, such a candidate would be rescheduled to take the examination in the next available date and space, “the statement said.
