By Chika Mefor-Nwachukwu
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Thursday stated that it will reschedule the 2023 Mock-UTME till a later date to candidates that were unable to sit the for the examination due to technical hitches.
Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr, Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday apologised to all candidates for any inconvenience they might have experienced due to the hitches.
Benjamin who stated that the examination was held in 725 centres across the nation, the some of the hitches witnessed in some centers were expected adding that the Board would look at all issues thrown up by the mock exercise and act accordingly.
“The Board would look at all issues thrown up by the mock exercise and act accordingly for a better and enhanced exercise.
“The introduction of the Mock-UTME by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board was aimed at providing the Board with the opportunity to assess innovations that would be used for the main examination as well as allow candidates to have hands-on experiences on the CBT environment.
“The exercise, which was introduced over six years ago, has availed the Board a unique opportunity to trial innovations that have significantly improved on the Board’s ability to deliver world-class assessment exercise.
“It would be recalled that before the conduct of the 2023 exercise, the Board had, in a statement, disclosed that it would be introducing some new measures that had never been used before and would want to use the opportunity of the mock exercise to assess their functionality,” it said.
JAMB added that “This is part of a development process aimed at enhancing the Board’s efforts at improving the quality, security and sanctity of its services and as well as using same to herald the next phase of its transformational agenda.”
The statement said that the exercise also gave the Board the rare opportunity of fine-tuning this process for better results.
It expressed its appreciation to the candidates and their parents for their understanding and pledges to ensure that the system for which their sacrifice is made is perfected.
“The gains from the exercise cannot be quantified as the Board has taken note of the challenges thrown up and had, consequently, been better placed to deliver a seamless UTME exercise come April, 2023 in line with its projections.
“The Board will continue to appeal to candidates and the general public for their understanding as it would not relent in its efforts to devise new and better ways of enhancing the quality of large-scale assessments in Nigeria,” the statement said.
