JAMB To Grant Waiver To Candidates Without SIM Card

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said
that a waiver might be granted to candidates who were yet to
acquire a SIM card and want to register for the examinations.

This is coming after it reiterated that the use of a National
Identification Number (NIN) is mandatory for the 2021 Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) and Direct Entry
registration.

According to a report from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),
this disclosure on the requirements was made by the Registrar of
JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, on the sidelines of a meeting with
Computer Based Test (CBT) centre owners and other stakeholders on
Friday in Abuja.

Oloyede in his statement said, “This year, we are going into
full partnership with the National Identification Management
Commission (NIMC). Everyone who wants to register with us must have
completed their registration with NIMC because this year, all we
need is first, your NIN.

Once you send it to 55019, no name required, we continue from
there. We will pull your data from NIMC that’s all.

We have approached the Minister of Communications and Digital
Economy on that and we are hopeful that we will be granted a waiver
for those in that category with conditions.”

He said that any telephone number used by applicants to send the
NIN automatically becomes the number for all JAMB transactions with
the candidate.

The registrar, however, cautioned that no JAMB accredited CBT
centre or its official would be allowed to be an agent for NIN
registration adding that the board would not tolerate any
infraction by any centre.

While pointing out that the board would not hesitate to reward
centres that had proven to be credible by upgrading them to level
`A’ partners, Oloyede charged the stakeholders to ensure strict
compliance with rules to avoid being delisted as partners.

He said, “Accredited centres must not collect above N700 for
service charge from candidates. No offline registration or by proxy
and all candidates with biometric challenges should be referred to
the board’s headquarters in Abuja.

You must not put any other SIM card besides the one provided by
JAMB into another router in another centre because we would be
monitoring. Do not allow parents or guardians into centres and you
must not carry out tutorials at any of these centres except if it
is pro-bono. We do not want candidates being extorted.

All accredited centres with more than one centre must take note
that once one of such centres commits any infraction, it affects
all and all the centres will be discontinued.”

He said further that all accredited centres must have a public
address system and must fully observe Covid-19 protocols adding
that all candidates’ pictures must be taken with white background
at the centres during registration or the centres risk being
delisted.

He said, “We are giving 20 access codes free of charge to all
centres to avoid overcrowding. There must be no transfer of these
access codes to another centre or the candidates would be at
risk.

We expect every centre to utilise at least 10 of the 20 access
codes and if you want more, we can add to it, depending on how many
candidates you register in a day.

We will not tolerate any centre opening less than 10 access,
except where there are no candidates to register at all.”

The registrar added that candidates must be allowed to preview
the details of registration before final submission to give room
for corrections.

Recall that JAMB, a few days ago announced the commencement of
the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and
Direct Entry (DE) registration exercise with registration expected
to start on Thursday, April 8, 2021, and end on Saturday, May 15,
2021. The UTME is expected to hold on June 5, 2021, and June 19,
2021.

The exam body stated that all potential candidates must provide
NIN at the point of registration adding that registration has been
scheduled to take place in 700 centres across the country.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said
that a waiver might be granted to candidates who were yet to
acquire a SIM card and want to register for the examinations.

This is coming after it reiterated that the use of a National
Identification Number (NIN) is mandatory for the 2021 Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) and Direct Entry
registration.

According to a report from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),
this disclosure on the requirements was made by the Registrar of
JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, on the sidelines of a meeting with
Computer Based Test (CBT) centre owners and other stakeholders on
Friday in Abuja.

Oloyede in his statement said, “This year, we are going into
full partnership with the National Identification Management
Commission (NIMC). Everyone who wants to register with us must have
completed their registration with NIMC because this year, all we
need is first, your NIN.

Once you send it to 55019, no name required, we continue from
there. We will pull your data from NIMC that’s all.

We have approached the Minister of Communications and Digital
Economy on that and we are hopeful that we will be granted a waiver
for those in that category with conditions.”

He said that any telephone number used by applicants to send the
NIN automatically becomes the number for all JAMB transactions with
the candidate.

The registrar, however, cautioned that no JAMB accredited CBT
centre or its official would be allowed to be an agent for NIN
registration adding that the board would not tolerate any
infraction by any centre.

While pointing out that the board would not hesitate to reward
centres that had proven to be credible by upgrading them to level
`A’ partners, Oloyede charged the stakeholders to ensure strict
compliance with rules to avoid being delisted as partners.

He said, “Accredited centres must not collect above N700 for
service charge from candidates. No offline registration or by proxy
and all candidates with biometric challenges should be referred to
the board’s headquarters in Abuja.

You must not put any other SIM card besides the one provided by
JAMB into another router in another centre because we would be
monitoring. Do not allow parents or guardians into centres and you
must not carry out tutorials at any of these centres except if it
is pro-bono. We do not want candidates being extorted.

All accredited centres with more than one centre must take note
that once one of such centres commits any infraction, it affects
all and all the centres will be discontinued.”

He said further that all accredited centres must have a public
address system and must fully observe Covid-19 protocols adding
that all candidates’ pictures must be taken with white background
at the centres during registration or the centres risk being
delisted.

He said, “We are giving 20 access codes free of charge to all
centres to avoid overcrowding. There must be no transfer of these
access codes to another centre or the candidates would be at
risk.

We expect every centre to utilise at least 10 of the 20 access
codes and if you want more, we can add to it, depending on how many
candidates you register in a day.

We will not tolerate any centre opening less than 10 access,
except where there are no candidates to register at all.”

The registrar added that candidates must be allowed to preview
the details of registration before final submission to give room
for corrections.

Recall that JAMB, a few days ago announced the commencement of
the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and
Direct Entry (DE) registration exercise with registration expected
to start on Thursday, April 8, 2021, and end on Saturday, May 15,
2021. The UTME is expected to hold on June 5, 2021, and June 19,
2021.

The exam body stated that all potential candidates must provide
NIN at the point of registration adding that registration has been
scheduled to take place in 700 centres across the country.