Parents or guardians present at any Computer-Based Test (CBT ) centers during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which begins on Friday, will be subject to arrest.
This directive was issued by the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Isaq Oloyede, during a virtual meeting with operators and owners of the CBT centers on Wednesday.
According to a statement by JAMB spokesman Dr. Fabian Benjamin, this measure aims to prevent parents from interfering with the administration of the exam.
Furthermore, candidates whose parents violate this directive and intrude during the exam will also be disqualified from taking the test.
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“This measure is necessary as it has been discovered over time that many of these intruding parents are facilitators of examination infractions while others have, by their actions, disrupted the Board’s examinations in the past.
“Some miscreants also disguise as parents to infiltrate the centres to perpetrate all forms of infractions,” the statement read.
“Also, security agents are to work with CBT owners to ensure a smooth running of the exercise.
Going by the extant national policy on education, a candidate for the examination must have attained the age of 17 years.”Therefore, it is evident that these parents have not allowed their wards to pass through the classes as defined in the document, hence, the determination to follow their wards to the examination venue to compromise examination officials.