CANDIDATES ANGRY AS JAMB POSTPONED MOCK EXAM

Many candidates who had besieged
computer- based centres on Saturday to
sit for the mock examination of the
Unified Matriculation Examination left
the venues in shock as the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board
abruptly called off the test.
According to JAMB , the examination,
which was voluntary , was to
“ familiarise our candidates with the
CBT systems and generally forecast the
challenges that may be faced ahead in
order to proactively address them .”
But some of the candidates who spoke
with one of our correspondents on
Saturday , expressed disappointment at
JAMB for suspending the examination.
The board had taken to its twitter
handle, @ JAMBHQ , to state that
“ Board has postponed the mock
examination due to unforeseen
circumstances. A new date will be
fixed and candidates will be
contacted. ”
Efforts to speak with JAMB ’s Head of
Information , Mr. Fabian Benjamin , for
explanations were not successful as he
neither picked calls sent to his mobile
nor respond to text messages as of the
time of filing this report .
But berating the examination body , a
candidate, Oluwatoyin Bakare , said
JAMB was not ready for the test.
Another candidate who did not want
to be identified, said , “ JAMB has not
been able to handle registration let
alone mock examination .”
Meanwhile, JAMB has directed that
Computer- Based Test centres should
not collect money from candidates
who would be sitting for the
nationwide mock examination
The spokesperson of JAMB , who made
the announcement in an interview
with journalists in Abuja on Saturday ,
said the mock examination had been
postponed by two weeks .