The Joint Administration and Matriculation Board
(JAMB) said it has suspended 13 out of the 32 Computer-Based Test Centres
(CBTCs) sited in Nasarawa State over infractions on JAMB standard.
The registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Adeleye,
disclosed this on Thursday at the Government House in Lafia when signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nasrawa State Bureau of Information
and Communication Technology for equipping three CBTCs owned by the state
government.
Adeleye, who spoke through the Director of Information
Services, Fabian Okoro, said: "It is unfortunate that out of the 32 CBTCs
in the state, we have suspended 13 of them because of either one infraction or
the other or the standard is not up to the expectation."
However, the registrar expressed optimism that with
the signing of the MoU between the state government and JAMB, the reverse would
be the case in terms of CBTCs standard in the state.
Oloyele said: "But what we are having here,
which the state government is in partnership with JAMB, are standard
facilities, which you can fix the number of candidates and have your peace of
mind that the examination will go on successfully without any hitch."
In his remark, the state Governor, Abdullahi Sule,
commended his immediate predecessor, Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, for building such centres, as well
as JAMB's support towards equipping them.
According to the governor, "Equipping of the three
centres will alleviate the sufferings of JAMB candidates in the state, who travelled
to centres outside the state to take their UTME.
"The three centres will become operational for
the 2020 UMTE, and will accommodate students from the Federal Capital Territory
(FCT) and other states of the federation."
Director General of the Nasarawa State Bureau of
Information and Communication Technology, Ibrahim Shehu, said in compliance with
the JAMB standard of installing 250-capacity centre with 25 backup, 2,350
candidates would take the UTME per day in the three centres.
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