Chaos, As Internet Failure Mars Commencement Of 2015 UTME Exams
Delay, network mar the commencement of this
year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
(UTME)
The 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination, UTME which commence yesterday
(Tuesday), nationwide, was again stalled across
several examination centres over failure of
internet servers.
In many of the centres visited by our
correspondents on Tuesday, the examination did
not start at the official time of 8am, even as
many candidates converged on the centres
before the scheduled time.
No fewer than 1.4 million candidates are sitting
for the examination, which commenced in more
than 400 centres and in seven overseas
countries. The examination is to last for 10
days.
In Jos, Plateau State, one of our correspondents
gathered that JAMB officials had hectic time
setting up the computers for the examination.
For instance, at the ICT Centre of the University
of Jos, the examination did not start on time as
the first batch of candidates began the test two
hours later.
The delay affected the second batch of
candidates, as they also did not start of their
examination on time.
It was also gathered that some of the
candidates did not know how to use the
computers, a development that caused another
round of delay.
One of the candidates, who craved anonymity,
said, “Look it is past 11am and we are supposed
to start by 8am.”
He expressed frustration at what he described as
a shoddy arrangement by officials of JAMB.
Another candidate, Elizabeth Pam, said the
confusion started from the issuance of
examination slips.
She said, “They told us to come for the slips
penultimate Monday but I didn’t get mine till
Wednesday. Remember some students even
protested that Wednesday because they couldn’t
get their slips.”
Another candidate, who called himself, Indi, said,
“We were admitted into the hall at 6am, but the
exam did not start till sometime after 10am.
We also gathered that the
failure of the bio-data capturing machine to
capture candidates’ thumb-prints during
accreditation at the centres threw some centres
into disarray.
year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
(UTME)
The 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination, UTME which commence yesterday
(Tuesday), nationwide, was again stalled across
several examination centres over failure of
internet servers.
In many of the centres visited by our
correspondents on Tuesday, the examination did
not start at the official time of 8am, even as
many candidates converged on the centres
before the scheduled time.
No fewer than 1.4 million candidates are sitting
for the examination, which commenced in more
than 400 centres and in seven overseas
countries. The examination is to last for 10
days.
In Jos, Plateau State, one of our correspondents
gathered that JAMB officials had hectic time
setting up the computers for the examination.
For instance, at the ICT Centre of the University
of Jos, the examination did not start on time as
the first batch of candidates began the test two
hours later.
The delay affected the second batch of
candidates, as they also did not start of their
examination on time.
It was also gathered that some of the
candidates did not know how to use the
computers, a development that caused another
round of delay.
One of the candidates, who craved anonymity,
said, “Look it is past 11am and we are supposed
to start by 8am.”
He expressed frustration at what he described as
a shoddy arrangement by officials of JAMB.
Another candidate, Elizabeth Pam, said the
confusion started from the issuance of
examination slips.
She said, “They told us to come for the slips
penultimate Monday but I didn’t get mine till
Wednesday. Remember some students even
protested that Wednesday because they couldn’t
get their slips.”
Another candidate, who called himself, Indi, said,
“We were admitted into the hall at 6am, but the
exam did not start till sometime after 10am.
We also gathered that the
failure of the bio-data capturing machine to
capture candidates’ thumb-prints during
accreditation at the centres threw some centres
into disarray.
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