JAMB: ICT expert advises candidates to strictly follow registration guidelines

Abuja – Mr Nwanze Okonkwo, an
operator, Computer-Based Test (CBT)
Centre for the Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME), Abuja,
has advised applicants to strictly follow the
stipulated guidelines by JAMB for easy
registration.
Okonkwo, also the Head, ICT, Digital Bridge
Institute, an accredited CBT centre in Jabi,
Abuja, gave the advice in an interview in
Abuja on Friday.
He said that major key requirement for
registration includes creating JAMB profile
using candidate's valid email address by
signing into: www.jamb.org.ng/efacility/
Validateemail.
Okonkwo said the next step was to pay
N5, 500 JAMB fees at a bank; collect a PIN
after payment; proceed to the CBT centre
and pay N700 for registration to a
designated account number.
He said thereafter applicants should return
to the centre with the bank PIN and N700
payment teller to complete registration.
Okonkwo said some applicants had,
however, failed to follow these guidelines
which had caused some delay with their
registration.
He said the centre was at hand to help
some of these students to create an email
profile at no cost and referred them to
JAMB for issue beyond their control.
Okonkwo said the centre had registered
no fewer than 1,000 applicants since the
registration commenced on Monday.
Commenting on the speed of the internet,
he described it as very fast, adding that
JAMB had provided a dedicated router at
the centre which was connected straight
to their system.
A candidate, Master Ugochukwu
Emmanuel, told NAN that the registration
was very smooth and he was able to
register in five minutes as a result of his
previous experience.
"I think this year's registration is easier
and more understandable because of the
process of registration and people that
attended to us made the whole exercise
easier,'' he said.
He commended JAMB for the new
innovations, saying it was a lot better than
last year.
In a similar development at another
centre, Global Distant Learning Institute,
Central Area, Abuja, where the scenario
was quite different as NAN observed a
slow pace with the registration.
Mr Eugune Onyirimba, the Public Relations
Officer of the institute, confirmed that the
only challenge they had was with the
internet connection, which he described
as very slow since Monday.
According to him, we are able to register
about 20 students in one hour; yesterday
we were able to register about 350
students and we hope to increase that
number as soon as the internet picks up.
"As a result of the network issues, we
have extended our closing time to 10p.m
instead of 5p.m to ensure we register
more candidates,'' he said.
Another applicant at the institute, Miss
Esther John, said that she was unable to
register despite being there since
morning.
''I came yesterday and could not register; I
am here today and I have not been able to
register and my number is 104.
''I doubt they will get to my number before
the end of the day because they are
having problems with the internet," she
said.