The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered the arrest of any parent found near any of the CBT centres during the 2024 UTME exercise.
The order was given to all Computer-Based Test centre owners, totaling over 700 across the country.
The body further disclosed that all arrangements have been concluded for the successful conduct of the 2024 UTME.
The directive was issued at the final virtual briefing of the Computer-Based Test Centre owners, on Wednesday, 17th April 2024.
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 the examination.
“This measure is necessary as it has been discovered over time that many of these intruding parents are facilitators of examination infractions while others have, by their actions, disrupted the Board’s examinations in the past. Some miscreants also disguise as parents to infiltrate the centres to perpetrate all forms of infractions.”
“Some miscreants also disguise as parents to infiltrate the centres to perpetrate all forms of infractions. Consequently, the Registrar disclosed that the Board has directed security operatives to work with the centres to apprehend any meddlesome parent, who come near the centres.”
The board’s supremo noted that a candidate for the examination must have attained the age of 17 years, according to national policy on education.
Furthermore, he said parents who had skipped classes for their wards would be determined to follow them to the examination venue to compromise 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,” Oloyede said.
The board also took the moment to advise candidates to be careful with their details, e-mail address, as well as their registration and phone numbers.
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