The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has taken a firm stance against the spread of misinformation regarding its examination posting process, offering a financial reward to anyone who can provide authentic proof of a candidate being posted outside their chosen town.
In a statement signed by Fabian Benjamin, Public Communication Advisor to JAMB, the Board expressed its disappointment in the proliferation of false narratives surrounding its examination posting process.
According to JAMB, some parents have been misled by their children and school owners into believing that candidates are assigned to exam centres outside their chosen towns.
“It is our firm belief that some parents are continually being deceived, misled, and duped by their own wards and some secondary school proprietors who continue to propagate the falsehood that JAMB assigns candidates to examination centres outside their chosen examination towns,” the statement read.
The Board emphasised that candidates are allowed to select their preferred examination town at the time of registration, and JAMB assigns them to centres strictly within those towns.
“Let it be unequivocally clear: at the time of registration, candidates have the right to select their preferred examination town. JAMB subsequently assigns them to a centre within that chosen town. The baseless assertion that candidates are placed in towns different from their selections is erroneous, malicious, and aimed solely at tarnishing the Board’s reputation. It never happens,” JAMB stated.
To counter the false narrative, JAMB has offered a handsome financial reward to anyone who can provide authentic proof of a candidate being posted outside their chosen town. “The Board therefore challenges this false but popular narrative by offering a handsome financial reward to any one person who can provide authentic proof of just one candidate who is posted outside the chosen town of the candidate,” the statement added.
Individuals with such proof are directed to submit it to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) WhatsApp Number; 08056003030 within the next 96 hours.
JAMB also addressed concerns about the time candidates are required to spend at examination centres, comparing its policies to standard airline practices. “Similarly, anyone who finds no fault in airlines requesting air-travellers to arrive at the airport 2 hours before the departure time should find no fault in encouraging candidates to arrive at the CBT centres, 90 minutes before commencement of examination for preliminary verification.”
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The Board urged candidates to refrain from relying on unfounded beliefs and superstitions, citing an incident involving a female candidate who refrained from answering questions based on her grandfather’s advice, expecting a miraculous intervention.
“Many parents who expect candidates to spend not more than 2 hours for the 2-hour examination are apparently oblivious of the required preliminary processes,” JAMB noted.
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