The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it is introducing self-registration outlets in Abuja and Lagos, in order minimise the crowds at the Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in those cities.

In the board’s bulletin on Monday, the head of publicity and protocol, Dr Fabian Benjanin, said the introduction of self-registration centres in the two cosmopolitan cities is to leverage on the digital competence of candidates who feel they can do the registration on their own and expand the registration access points in line with COVID-19 protocols.

The service provider, Bankfort, has expressed optimism about the immense potential of the seamless registration mode, stating that

it is the norm rather than the exception in more developed climes.

Meanwhile, JAMB registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, ahead of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration nationwide, has urged proprietors of Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres to consider their engagements with the board as a national assignment.

Prof Oloyede gave the charge at a virtual meeting with the proprietors of accredited CBT centres preparatory to the 2022 UTME/DE registration.

He urged the centre owners to be mindful of their sensitive responsibilities, given the strategic importance of the exercise to the nation.

He said JAMB would continue to partner with reliable CBT centres, noting that some centres were sanctioned on account of the various offences they committed during the 2021 exercise.

He added that the board would do the same if any of them was found wanting

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