Candidates who will be participating in the 2022 mock
Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination organised by the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board will have to pay the sum of N1,000 as a
service charge to the CBT centres where they are assigned to sit for the
examination.
The board noted that it increased the service charges from
N600 to N1,000 due to the high cost of diesel in the country.
JAMB had earlier promised to provide
soft-landing for CBT centres due to the hike in the price of diesel in the
country.
The board also reiterated its stance that the mock
examination is optional.
The board made this disclosure in its weekly bulletin made
available by the Head of Media and Public Relations, JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin,
in Abuja on Monday.
The mock examination
would hold on Saturday, April 9, 2022.
“All candidates who had indicated their interest to sit the
optional Mock-UTME are to pay N1,000 to the CBT centre where they are assigned
to sit the examination as a service charge.
“The optional mock examination was introduced by the Board
to give candidates the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the CBT
environment.
“The candidates who indicated their interest to take the
examination are to pay the N1000 at their respective centres for the use of the
private facilities deployed for the examination.
“However, candidates assigned to JAMB owned centres would
not be required to pay for the use of the centres. Much as the Board would like
to keep the cost at a minimum, the prevailing high cost of diesel and other
consumables has necessitated the increase from N600 to N1,000 to enable the CBT
centres provide the needed infrastructure, as partners of the Board, to host
the examination which is scheduled to hold on Saturday, 9th April 2022.
“The Board has thought through this increase and resolved
that instead of cancelling the mock-UTME, which introduction has improved
candidates’ confidence in sitting the examination owing to the high cost of
diesel, it is better to increase the service charge to make the exercise
worthwhile to participating centre”, the board stated.
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