Osun group knocks JAMB over UTME scheduling, wants delayed accreditation

The Osun Masterminds, TOM, has called connected the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to restructure its introspection procedures.

The Osun civilian nine organisation besides demanded that accreditation and protocol activities commence by 8am alternatively of 6:30am.

The request by the radical is coming aft complaints of accidents, disappearance of candidates and inability of immoderate candidates to conscionable up with clip successful the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.

Speaking connected behalf of the group, Wole Oladapo said the existent signifier of requiring candidates to get astatine introspection centres by 6:30am exposes them to important information risks.

“The Osun Masterminds is demanding that JAMB should spell and restructure arsenic this exam is ongoing and the accreditation and protocols should commencement by 8am truthful that cases of accidents and kidnappings tin beryllium avoided,” Oladipo stated.

The radical raised concerns implicit the vulnerability of young candidates, immoderate arsenic young arsenic sixteen, who are required to permission their homes portion it is inactive dark.

Oladapo added, “How bash you expect a sixteen-year-old kid to navigate unsafe roads aboriginal successful the morning? Only a careless genitor would let their kid to permission for an exam centre astatine specified hours.”

The radical criticised the JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, for implementing what it described arsenic unsafe introspection policies contempt the prevailing information challenges successful Nigeria.

“He would not hold to question betwixt Ilorin and Offa by 6am himself. Why past enforce specified risks connected the children of mean Nigerians?” Oladipo asked.

The Osun Masterminds besides expressed dissatisfaction with the authoritative defence offered by JAMB, noting that the accreditation protocol itself is integral to the introspection process.

“Even JAMB inactive came retired to support that it is protocol that’s started by 6:30am. Is the protocol not portion of the examination?” Oladapo questioned.

The radical insisted that starting accreditation astatine 8am would beryllium a safer and much tenable approach, allowing candidates to permission location successful daylight.

“We are making a request arsenic a radical that JAMB should halt that 6:30am protocol arsenic this exam is ongoing and restructure to marque definite it starts by 8am,” helium said.

On the accreditation issue, the radical highlighted complaints from candidates who were assigned introspection centres extracurricular their towns of choice.

“We person had cases of candidates penning their introspection extracurricular their introspection municipality of prime which the JAMB Registrar has denied,” Oladapo said.

The radical besides mentioned instances wherever candidates’ machine systems unopen down during examinations, resulting successful candidates having to hold different twelvemonth to retake the test.

Oladapo noted, “How has this been addressed? That is precise unfortunate.”

The radical called connected Nigerians and their representatives successful the National Assembly to advocator for safer and fairer attraction of young people, some successful examinations and successful nationalist work deployments.