JAMB Blacklists 3 Computer Based Centres

[Shola Sholaz]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has blacklisted three centres accredited for the conduct of the recently concluded Computer Based Test (CBT) in the country.
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According to the JAMB's Public
Relations Officer, Mr Fabian Benjamin, the centres were axed over inadequate and sub-standard facilities for accreditation.
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"These three centres are located in the South-East, South-West and Abuja and have been blacklisted.
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"We noticed that owners of these centres, out of greed, presented to us facilities that did not belong to them just because they wanted to be part of the examination.
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"They were not sincere enough to let the organisers of the examination know that they did not have all the necessary backups needed by JAMB as a prerequisite for the accreditation of any centre that would want to host the examination.
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"These centres posed challenges to candidates who were to write the examination there, due to the inadequacies, and we quickly swung to action by relocating them," he said.
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He said, however, that in spite of the initial hitches, the outcome of the examination was encouraging.
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Benjamin said the board would build on the success of the 2015 JAMB examination which was the CBT for all candidates.