Lawmakers laud JAMB’s transparent examination process
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – The Senate Committee on tertiary institutions and TETFund has commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for its transparent and well-organised examination process in the ongoing UTME.
The Chairman of the committee, Sen. Muntari Dandutse during the monitoring of the examination in Abuja on Friday, praised the board’s efforts to ensure accountability and transparency in the educational system.
reports that the lawmakers monitored the examination at the Government Secondary School, Wuse Zone 3 and Aduvie International School, Jahi in Abuja.
He noted that the JAMB use of technology, including trackers and CCTV cameras, had helped to monitor and prevent malpractice.
”We are here today to witness one of the most important aspects of educational development—the UTME being conducted by JAMB.
“This is part of our oversight responsibility to ensure accountability and transparency in government activities, especially in education,,” the lawmaker said.
He emphasised the importance of education in Nigeria’s development, stressing that it was crucial for producing professionals in various fields, including science, art, and medicine.
He further commended JAMB’s efforts in ensuring that students were admitted to universities based on merit and due process.
“JAMB has put in place a system that allows close monitoring of all their centers nationwide. They’ve even tracked attempts to leak exam content and swiftly addressed them,” he stated.
He also noted the strategic arrangement of candidates in batches to accommodate the large number of applicants while maintaining order and efficiency.
“This year’s exam is being conducted in three batches today. The first batch is concluding while the second prepares to enter. It’s well organised and very commendable,” he observed.
The senator reaffirmed the Senate’s commitment to improving Nigeria’s educational standards and supporting institutions like JAMB in delivering credible academic assessments.
Speaking in an interview with while some of the candidates acknowledged the promptness of the exams, others want improved process in the exams.
Lengkat Nendyi, 19, who was writing the exam for the second time, expressed optimism to achieve good result by scoring above 200 in the exam.
Speaking on the discrepancies in exam preparation, she noted that the syllabus provided online often doesn’t match the topics tested in the exam hall.
She suggested that JAMB provide more accurate guidelines on key areas to focus on, which would help students prepare better.
“I want to appeal to JAMB to make the exams a little bit easier for those writing next year.
“Most times, the syllabus we follow online in preparing for the exams are not what we see in the exam hall.
“They give us topics we should concentrate on and at the end of the day it’s a different thing we see and that affect us.
“For me, though I actually finished before time because I started with the subject I know best,” he said.
Another candidate, Amos Gabriel, 17, said the exam was fairly okay as there were no technical hitches during the exam.
Gabriel appealed to JAMB to help lessen the time used during biometric capturing, noting that there were lots of delay in time between the process of capturing and access into the exam hall.
The UTME continues nationwide as more than two million students are writing the examination nationwide which guarantees student’s entry into universities and other tertiary institutions. (NAN)
