Lagos – The Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) said on
Monday that it had blacklisted three
centres accredited for the conduct of
the recently concluded Computer
Based Test (CBT) in the country.
Mr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Public
Relations Officer,said in Lagos that
the centres were axed over
inadequate and sub-standard
facilities for accreditation.
“These three centres are located in
the South-East, South-West and
Abuja and have been blacklisted.
“We noticed that owners of these
centres, out of greed, presented to us
facilities that did not belong to them
just because they wanted to be part
of the examination.
“They were not sincere enough to let
the organisers of the examination
know that they did not have all the
necessary backups needed by JAMB
as a prerequisite for the accreditation
of any centre that would want to host
the examination.
“These centres posed challenges to
candidates who were to write the
examination there, due to the
inadequacies, and we quickly swung
to action by relocating them,” he
said.
He said, however, that in spite of the
initial hitches, the outcome of the
examination was encouraging.
Benjamin said the board would build
on the success of the 2015 JAMB
examination which was the CBT for
all candidates.
“We want to assure Nigerians that we
shall be giving them one of the best
CBT ever conducted in the country
come 2016.
“We have taken note of all areas of
concern and are working toward
making it better.
“As we plan for the 2016 version,
generally, I can tell you that our 2015
outing on the all CBT platform, was
quite encouraging,” the spokesman
said. (NAN)