The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered the Arrest of any parent or guardian seen around their facilities during Computer-Based Test (CBT), 2024 UTME exercise.
The directive was issued by JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, at the final briefing of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners, which was held virtually on Wednesday, 17th April, 2024.
According to Benjamin, the directive became necessary following the intrusive disposition of some parents during the Board’s previous exercises.
Benjamin, who quoted JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said any parent, who disobeys this order, would not only be arrested but his ward would also be disqualified from sitting for the examination.
He said, “The Board’s helmsman noted that going by the extant national policy on education, a candidate for the examination must have attained the age of 17 years.
“Therefore, it is evident that these parents had not allowed their wards to pass through the classes as defined in the document, hence, the determination to follow their wards to the examination venue with the aim of compromising 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,” the statement partly read.
Furthermore, the Registrar said all arrangements have been concluded for the conduct of the 2024 UTME, which will be held in over 700 CBT centres across the nation.
