The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it has trained at least 2,000 invigilators in preparation for the 2023 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examinations and Direct Entry examinations.
According to The Punch, JAMB also mentioned that the training provided the opportunity for board’s guidelines review for investigators and other examination officials.
Following the bulletin published on Monday by the board, it was reported that the training was held virtually on Saturday, March 4, 2023. It was held across the six geopolitical zones in three batches.
The bulletin reads, “The first batch comprised Proctors drawn from institutions in the South-West and North-East, while the second and third batches were Proctors from institutions drawn from the South-East/North-Central and North-West/South-South respectively.”
Amongst other objectives of the training, it will help invigilators to get familiar with the rules and regulations of JAMB.
It states, “The training would, among other things, help in ensuring that Proctors familiarise themselves with the rules and regulations of the examination, conform with them and ensure that they display a high sense of moral integrity.”
The trained invigilators were admonished not to engage in any act of receiving bribes or extorting candidates.
“Furthermore, examination officials were also advised not to engage in any act of extortion of candidates and, at the same time, ensure that candidates are protected from any form of extortion as well. In addition, they are enjoined to arrive promptly at their centers,” it added.
Proctors were urged not to bring their mobile devices into the examination hall and to avoid charging mobile phones in the hall. Also, they should not communicate with outsiders during the examination period.
“The Board maintains that all its rules are meant to guide all its examination officials and, as such, they are to be diligently and religiously followed as the success or failure of the examination is contingent upon the disposition and conduct of examination officials,” it admonished.
