The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has suspended 17 Computer-Based Test, CBT, centres from registering candidates for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The suspension followed the involvement of the centres in different forms of malpractices.
The board also restated that the registration of candidates for the exam will end on Thursday, February 21, as scheduled.
So far, over 1.6 million candidates have registered for the exam, it revealed.
The Chairman of JAMB’s Governing Board, Dr Emmanuel Ndukwe, made these known in a bulletin from the Office of the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, released on Monday.
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He said, “The 2019 registration commenced on Thursday, January 10, and is expected to end on Thursday, February 21. There would be no extension of the exercise as the deadline remains sacrosanct.
“To ensure that Nigerians are not exploited or have their data mutilated, the board has regulated the registration exercise so that we may obtain the actual statistics that will reflect the realities on the ground.
“Any centre we find not complying with the ethics of registration will be sanctioned and we believe that this is the way to go in ensuring that the right things are done. All requirements have been defined and agreed upon by the board and centre owners.”
According to the bulletin, the suspended CBT centres are; Global ICT Connect Limited, Benue State; Matar Miseri Cordiae Centre and Mardakem Company Limited, both in Akwa-Ibom State; Sapele Technical College, Delta State; Evangel University, Ebonyi State; Bintels Global Services, Anambra State; Swiftcom Global, Cross River State; Bishop Gabriel CBT Centre; DA Civic Centre, University of Benin ICT Centre and Netskills Digital Solutions, all in Edo State.
Others are; Medes ICT Centre in Ondo State; College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti and St. Silas Anglican School, both in Ekiti State; Riyom ICT Centre in Plateau State; Divine Success CBT Centre in Oyo State, and Taraba State University CBT Centre in Taraba State.
