{"id":117228,"date":"2025-04-10T16:58:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=117228"},"modified":"2025-04-10T16:58:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:58:46","slug":"jamb-conducts-mock-utme-for-211000-candidates-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/jamb-conducts-mock-utme-for-211000-candidates-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"JAMB Conducts Mock UTME for 211,000 Candidates Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Tracy Moses<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday commenced the nationwide mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for more than 211,000 candidates across various Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mock exam is designed to help candidates familiarize themselves with the CBT format, which has been adopted by the board for several years. According to JAMB, the mock serves as both a preparatory tool for candidates and a way to assess the board\u2019s readiness for the actual exercise.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While overseeing the mock exercise at a CBT centre in Bwari, Abuja, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, stated that results would be made available on Friday.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are processing the results as candidates finish, but we want to review them across all batches to ensure everything functions smoothly. By tomorrow, the results will be released,\u201d Oloyede assured.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that the mock also serves as an opportunity for the board to trial new methods aimed at enhancing the examination process.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis is a mock exam, and it&#8217;s meant to test out some strategies. As candidates evolve, we also have to keep improving. We are implementing certain measures to ensure everything runs effectively when the main examination begins. So far, we are pleased with how things are going.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mock UTME is part of JAMB\u2019s broader efforts to refine the examination experience for candidates and ensure a seamless process during the actual exams.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Registrar, who said the only way to pass UTME is by studying hard, expressed concerns that some candidates are patronizing rogue websites in order to cheat in the exam, adding that JAMB has also opened a decoy website targeting such individuals.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We need to let the students know that the best way to pass the examination, UTME in particular, is to study. We are aware of some rogue websites asking people to come and pay so that they can help.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;It cannot work. We have also opened our rogue website. And as of this morning, about 180 students have paid.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;So those students, because attempting to cheat is already an infraction. So those who paid into that account, looking for questions, we are going to deal firmly with them. And many of the institutions, UTME is not a school-based examination.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We register students individually. And that is why we tell the students, do not give out) your registration number. Do not register by proxy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Do not give your registration number to anybody. Because some of these schools want to be able to brag that, oh, my 10 students from my school scored 280. There was a state where even the governor of the state was misinformed, and they were celebrating nothing. So, this type of thing that people want to cut corners, we are abreast of all this. And we are doing everything possible (to stop it).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We have about 180 of them. And we are going to deal with them firmly. We are going to cancel their results, both UTME and DE,&#8221; Oloyede said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He cautioned candidates against seeking fraudulent websites to get information, including individuals claiming to offer assistance during the examination.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Some of them are paying N30,000 for something that will never work. 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