The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a set of new technical and biometric guidelines ahead of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to prevent impersonation and technical hitches.
1. Mandatory Double Fingerprint Verification
- To print their registration slips, candidates must now verify at least two (2) fingers.
- Either of the two verified fingers will be used for biometric verification before entering the examination hall on exam day.
- The two verifiable fingers of every candidate must be consecutively indicated on both their registration slip and examination slip.
2. Special Procedure for 'Exemption Candidates'
- Candidates who have faulty or unreadable fingerprints during registration will be categorized as Exemption Candidates.
- Their registration slips will be specially colour-coded and visually distinct from regular slips.
- All Exemption Candidates will sit for their examination in Abuja on the final day of the national UTME calendar, and their results will only be released after thorough scrutiny.
3. Ban on Cybercafe and Tutorial Centre Partnerships
- JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, warned that no accredited CBT centre is permitted to partner or collaborate with cybercafes or tutorial centres.
- Any CBT centre that violates this directive, in part or in whole, will have its operating licence immediately revoked.
4. Stricter CBT Centre & Officer Accreditation
- New CBT centres must use laptop computer systems with at least 2GB RAM as client terminals. Zero thin-clients and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) systems are banned.
- All CBT centres must pass three mandatory Autobot system tests: during pre-accreditation, Mock UTME, and a dummy examination.
- The biometrics of all CBT centre registration officers will also be captured ahead of the registration exercise.
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