The Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB), on
Thursday said it has not
commenced the `Change of Course or Correction of Data’ for candidates
who sat for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), reports
ITRealms.
The organization, ITRealms reports, was reacting to
reports reaching its Headquarters in Abuja that a large crowd of
candidates who wished to effect such changes had on Wednesday and
Thursday besieged its
Lagos office in Ikoyi.
JAMB spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in
a press statement issued in Jos, the Plateau State capital, and made available
to ITRealms, said the development has
therefore "created unnecessary anxiety and chaos where there should be
none."
"This announcement became necessary
following the crowd in our offices demanding for such services. The
request for correction of data is usually from candidates who provided wrong information
while filling their application document online.
"The change of institutions is
basically for those who are considering other preferences other than their
initial choices and were misled to believe that the board has started such
services and will soon closed.
"We want to make it clear that when
we open the window for correction of data and change of course, we will do an
elaborate sensitization on it and we shall continue with the services until the
commencement of admission process.
“Let us again assure all candidates
desirous of carrying out the correction of data or change of institution that
the board will ensure that enough time is given for them to do so.
"Again, it will be good to also let
these candidates and other stakeholders know that the board has not finished
the conduct of the 2017 UTME. The Board is still conducting examinations for
those who had registered late and those who could not be verified during
examination and as such it will be unfair to them to open window for such
correction and changes at the same time.
"Our reforms are meant to make our
services accessible to all conveniently. When we open the window, we shall
also collaborate with credible stakeholders like the University of Lagos, Yaba
College of Technology and JKK all in Lagos, in an attempt to decentralize the
services and others in other states. This will ease the pressure in on our
various offices and ensure a hitch-free process."
JAMB, ITRealms recalled, conducted examination
for over 1.7 million candidates who registered for the UTME which commenced on
May 13.
"Results of most of the candidates
had already been released, while some others were yet to be released, as they
were undergoing scrutiny by the board for any examination malpractice",
Benjamin said.
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