JAMB stop the use of scratch card adopts pin vending for 2017 UTME
JAMB adopts pin vending
for 2017 UTME
The Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will adopt “pin vending” for the 2017
UTME test, advising intending candidates to get familiar with the new approach.
Dr Fabian Benjamin, the
board’s Head of Media and Information, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
Wednesday in Lagos that it would no longer use scratch cards.
“Candidates, wishing to
sit for the 2017 examination, should start getting themselves familiar with the
newly adopted process of pin vending by the board.
“We must make ourselves
open to change like it is obtained in other climes.
“We are no longer going
back to the use of scratch card; that method is outdated.
“Candidates wishing to
register for the examination will just make online payment and get a pin with
which they can upload their data.
“This new pin vending
will be accessible through the options of web payment, ATM issued cards like
Visa, Verve, and Master card, online Quick Teller, mobile application and Bank
Branch case/card.’’
Benjamin assured that
the board was working hard to redress all challenges experienced by candidates
during its 2016 UTME as it was preparing for the 2017 diet.
He said that all hands
were on deck to ensure a hitch free conduct of the examination across the
country.
“Preparations are on to
ensure that all the technical hitches that manifested in the 2016 Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) do not arise again.
“That is not to say
that the examination will be completely hitch-free.
“But we are deploying
resources to correct the ones identified already.
“In the course of the
examination, should there be any other new challenges, we will act promptly.’’
The spokesman also said
that the board would begin validation of UTME centres across the country soon.
“We shall be going
round to the proposed centres to check the state of their facilities and also
to ensure that such facilities could accommodate a minimum of 250 candidates,’’
he said.
NAN reports that some
candidates, who sat for the 2016 examination, complained of various technical
hitches.
Such challenges ranged
from incomplete upload of questions from servers to poor backup facilities in
some centres among others.
NAN also recalls that
the board’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede,
recently announced the scrapping of the use of scratch card, describing
it as outdated.
He said the board
decided to do away with the method because of its consistent subjection to
fraudulent practices.
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