The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners to arrest any parent found near any of their facilities during the 2024 UTME exercise.
The directive was issued at the final briefing of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
This directive became necessary following the intrusive disposition of some parents during the Board’s previous exercises.
According to the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, any parent, who disobeys this order, would not only be arrested but his ward would also be disqualified from sitting for the examination.
The Board’s helmsman noted that going by the extant national policy on education, a candidate for the examination must have attained 17 years.
“Therefore, it is evident that these parents had not allowed their wards to pass through the classes as defined in the document, hence, the determination to follow their wards to the examination venue with the aim of compromising examination officials.
“At any rate, it is clear to any discerning observer that these parents deserve to be sanctioned as they had obviously ‘smuggled’ underage children into the ranks of those scheduled to sit the examination,” he said
The Board also advised candidates to jealously guard their personal details, e-mail address as well as their registration and phone numbers.
The advice was against the backdrop of some candidates, who might be enticed into patronising any of those fraudulent websites out there.
The Board warned candidates that if their personal details are found with any of such sites, they would be treated as accomplices and prosecuted.
