By Ngozi Nwankwo
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB, has reiterated that all centres participating in its processes, particularly registration and examination must ensure that their surveillance cameras are accessible and viewable from the Board’s control room at its headquarters.
According to the Board, any of the 989 accredited centres where registration or examination activities cannot be monitored in real time may have such activities declared invalid. In addition, affected centres risk not being paid for their services.
This policy is aimed at ensuring full transparency, allowing the Board to observe all activities during registration and examinations across centres.
“During the recent registration exercise, over 150 centres were not visible from the control room. Consequently, these centres were not paid. Although the Board initially considered cancelling all registrations conducted during the affected periods, it instead carried out further scrutiny using an additional layer of remote monitoring.
“Following this review, the Board invited the affected centres to a meeting, where they were given an ultimatum to correct their technical configurations to ensure proper visibility. Payment will only be made after compliance is confirmed,” it said.
JAMB also emphasised that during examinations, any centre that becomes unviewable from the monitoring desk will be immediately delisted.
“The Board maintains live monitoring of all centres nationwide to detect and prevent any form of malpractice or unethical conduct. This policy has already led to the delisting of several centres based on observations from remote monitoring.
“Candidates are therefore advised to take note of these preventive measures and conduct themselves appropriately during the examination,” said JAMB.
