The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has trained over 2000 proctors nationwide as part of measures towards ensuring a seamless 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
According to a statement signed by the board’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, and made a copy available to Blueprint Monday, the training created the opportunity to carry out a review of the guidelines for its proctors and other examination officials.
The training was held virtually on Saturday, March 4, 2023, simultaneously in three batches across the six geopolitical zones.
“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,” the statement reads in part.
Benjamin said the training was part of the board’s efforts to equip all officials, particularly the proctors, on the rudiments of computer appreciation and measures to address any technical issues that might arise
during the conduct of the examination.
“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,” he said.
Also highlighted in the course of the training was the need for all
examination officials to comport themselves professionally at all times particularly when addressing cases of malpractice without necessarily causing commotion in the hall.
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.
