JAMB Considers Allowing UTME Candidates To Use Their Own Phones, Laptops For Exams

• JAMB has considered allowing UTME candidates to use personal devices for exams due to rising logistics costs.

• The “Bring Your Own Device” policy aims to reduce expenses on exam equipment.

• JAMB urges candidates to explore alternative options in tertiary education and expresses concerns about the overemphasis on university education.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is contemplating a new policy to allow the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates write the examinations with their personal phones and other devices.

The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this in Abuja on Saturday at the 2023 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions.

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He said this proposed policy was based on the rising cost of logistics in taking the UTME nationwide.

According to him, it cost the JAMB over N1.2billion to equip a Computer Based Test (CBT) centre in Kaduna state, particularly in procuring computers which candidates use to take the examination.

“The policy which falls under the “Bring Your Own Device” may require candidates wishing to take UTME in the future to bring their own devices to the examination hall,” he said.

At the policy meeting, the registrar expressed concern over the crave for university education among candidates at the detriment of polytechnics and colleges of education.

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While condemning the wide disparity in admission quotas in the country, he advised aspiring candidates to explore other options within the tertiary education sector for admission.

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