Mock-UTME hitches in Damaturu,Yola; hitch-free in Bauchi, Gombe

 

The JAMB’s mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Damaturu experienced some hitches on Saturday, starting about five hours behind schedule. At the Yobe State University library, venue of the exercise, examination commenced about 12.40 pm, as against the scheduled time of 7am.




The candidates had reported at the centre in good time, only to remain idle as examination officials struggled to rectify a hitch arising from network failure. Although the officials refused talking to the press, the candidates said they were told that there was no ‘signal from the JAMB portal’. The candidates, who did not want their names mentioned, said they had to wait for hours for things to take shape. Alhaji Buba Nguru, a parent, lamented the poor preparation for the mock UTME in the state and prayed that similar incident would not occur during the main examination.

“The arrangement this year is terrible; something should be done to make amends” he said. The story was the same in one of the five centres in Adamawa , where the exercise was suspended at one of the four centres. Candidates at the centre (JAMB Zonal Office centre) were asked to leave and come back on Monday. JAMB Coordinator in the state was not available for comments but another official told NAN on condition of anonymity that the exercise had to be suspended because the number of candidates had overwhelmed facilities available at the centre.

He said there were also some challenges accessing the JAMB website. A Correspondents who visited the other four centres however report that the exercise conducted smoothly.