2026 UTME: JAMB bars unmonitored CBT centers

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has barred Computer-Based Test centres whose registration activities cannot be monitored remotely.

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These centres will not be allowed to be part of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registration.

The Board announced this in its weekly bulletin published on its website on Monday.

According to JAMB, the measure, tagged “No Vision, No Registration, No UTME,” is part of efforts to curb registration infractions and restore the integrity of its examination processes.

The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, made the disclosure at a stakeholders’ meeting with Peace Monitors, Chief Technical Advisers, Chief External Examiners, as well as zonal and state coordinators involved in monitoring CBT centres during the 2026 UTME registration exercise.

Oloyede said all CBT centres participating in the 2026 UTME registration would be monitored live from JAMB National Headquarters, Abuja.

He, however, said any centre that cannot be covered or viewed live from the board headquarters will not be able to register and hold 2026 UTME.

“Any centre whose registration activities cannot be viewed from the JAMB National Headquarters, Abuja, will not be paid, and such registration may be invalidated,” he said.