'UTME 2025 Not Internet Based,' JAMB Boss Oloyede Speaks

• The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said its computer-based test (CBT) is not an internet-based
• JAMB's registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, stated this when the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Bwari
• According to Oloyede, JAMB uses local area network (LAN), which is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, campus, or building, using its own network protocols and is locally managed

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering basic and tertiary education in Nigeria and worldwide.

Bwari, Abuja - Amid preparations for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) 2025, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has, once again, reiterated that its computer-based test (CBT) is not internet-based.

JAMB, in its weekly bulletin obtained by Legit.ng on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, said its registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, stated this recently when the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Bwari, Abuja.

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During the visit, the registrar pointed out that the clarification became necessary given the erroneous belief in some quarters that the UTME is conducted using the internet and that it is the poor internet connectivity that is responsible for the glitches recorded in the course of the examination in some cases.

According to him, the board uses the local area network (LAN).

Oloyede stated that LANs facilitate the distribution of data and sharing of networks within a limited area. He noted that these items of data are encrypted with other safety measures before they become accessible on the computer terminals of candidates to kickstart the examination.

Speaking further, the registrar noted that the UTME registration is not a school-based exercise as obtained with the West African Examination Council (WAEC), the National Examination Council (NECO) and other school-based examinations.

Snapshot of JAMB

JAMB is a Nigerian entrance examination board for tertiary-level institutions. The board conducts the UTME for prospective undergraduates into Nigerian universities. The board is also charged with the responsibility to administer similar examinations for applicants to Nigerian public and private monotechnics, polytechnics, and colleges of education.

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All of these candidates must have obtained the West Africa Senior School Certificate (WASSCE) conducted yearly by WAEC or its equivalent.

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JAMB candidates who would be barred

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that JAMB stressed that candidates whose biometrics verification is unsuccessful on the examination day would not be permitted to sit the UTME or its mock version.

JAMB noted that no parent or proxy is allowed to make any transaction on candidates' profiles or interfere with the registration "to avoid alterations and data mismatch".

To curtail registration infractions, the board reiterated the readiness of its surveillance mechanisms to track down uncooperative operators noting that a seamless registration exercise is a requirement for a successful examination.

Source: Legit.ng