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  • 2022 UTME: Heavy downpour, faulty biometrics mar beginning of exams

    2022 UTME: Heavy downpour, faulty biometrics mar beginning of exams

    …JAMB tasks officials on guidelines

    …as faulty biometric forces UTME’s postponement in EKSU CBT centre

    Many candidates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Lagos, on Friday, battled an early morning downpour to get to their centres as the examination got underway.

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)-organised examination began in some 750 accredited centres nationwide, with 1.7 million candidates registered to participate.

    In centres monitored in Lagos, candidates scheduled for the first session at 7.00 a.m. were mostly affected by the downpour, with some arriving late and being denied entry.

    A correspondent who visited the WAEC Test and Training Centre (WTTC), one of the accredited centres for the examination in Ogba, noticed a group of candidates, who were desperately seeking for help, after having missed the test.

    The same situation also applied at the Wisdom House Centre, off Yaya Abatan, also in Ogba, Command Secondary School Ipaja and Lagooz Schools Orile-Agege centres.

    Other centres visited are Timeon Kairos Polytechnic and Professional Institute, Ile-Epo, Lagos Abeokuta Express way.

    Despite the downpour, however, many candidates, accompanied by their parents, still turned up as early as 6.00a.m. to beat the examination time in centres visited.

    Some of the candidates who failed to meet up with their schedule, blamed the heavy rain for their plight, appealing to JAMB’s management to look into the matter.

    Miss Esther Oladokun told NAN that she lives at Ajunwon in Ogun, a border with Lagos, and that knowing full well the time of her examination, left her house at 5.30 a.m.

    She said that she was, unfortunately, caught up in the rain and could not arrive at the WTTC in good time.

    According to her, the vehicle she entered broke down as a result of flood.

    She said she had to get down to seek another solution to her challenge only to get to her centre at 8.13 a.m but was not allowed access by the examination officials.

    Miss Chiamaka Ezeaputa said left her home at Ota, near Bells University, another Ogun border community, near Lagos, as early as 5: am, hoping to be at her centre before 6.30 a.m.

    She said that following the early morning rain, there was huge traffic and this created problems for her.

    The candidate said that after being stuck, she had to take a motorcycle at an exhorbitant rate, but arrived the centre at 9.20 a.m.

    She said that she was denied access into the hall by the examination officials.

    Miss Blessing Akindoyin, who said she lives at Sango, also blamed the early morning downpour for her lateness.

    She claimed there was difficulty in getting commercial vehicles and she got to her centre late for the 7.00a.m. examination.

    One of the centre supervisors at the WTTC who did not want her name in print, told NAN that the examination began at exactly 8.30 a.m.

    She said that lateness to the examination centre was not allowed.

    “This examination commenced at 8:30 a.m. Even with the rain, I got here at about 5:30 a.m. and everything was set.

    “All we needed for the commencement of the examination was in place.

    “We were actually supposed to start the examination by 8.00 a.m. but because of the rain, we had to give 30 minutes grace.

    “At least you can see the hall is almost filled to capacity. These ones too, came here early enough, despite the rain.

    “We have over 240 candidates each, in both the centre one and two, out of the 250 capacity benchmark for each of these centres,” she said.

    She said that so far, the excercise had been seamless, and all the backup equipment in the centre, were top notch.

    The official further lauded the board for efforts put in place to improve the conduct of the examination nationwide, every year.

    “As I speak, the board has improved technical facilities such as the Funtronic Scanner for thumb printing.

    “With this equipment, you hardly have incidents of inability to capture the finger print of any candidate. It is indeed, a plus for JAMB,” she stated.

    Another official at the Wisdom House, which also houses two centres, told NAN that late coming to any examination was considered as an examination malpractice.

    She noted that none of the examination officials had the power to change the situation.

    The official was of the view that only the Registrar had such prerogative of mercy.

    According to her, the examination started at about 8:30 am, as initially, there was a technical hitch, but it was corrected almost immediately.

    She said that beyond that, there had not been any other incident at her centre as at the time she was speaking.

    Reacting to the plight of the candidates that missed the examination as a result of the rain, Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Head, Protocol and Public Affairs Officer, expressed sadness at the development.

    “It is unfortunate this has happened. However, technical consideration will not allow us to reschedule the examination.

    “If for instance, something happened to a centre as a whole, or there is a technical collapse in a centre, that one is understandable and the board, could start considering a way out of it.

    “But a situation where some candidates for the examination at a specific schedule attempted the examination, while others failed to, for whatever reason, that examination will not be rescheduled.

    “We do not reschedule examination, it has come and gone. There are rules guiding all examinations; ours is not an exception,” Benjamin said.

    The UTME, which started on Monday, will run until May 14, with several sessions daily at the accredited centres.

    JAMB tasks officials on guidelines as 2022 UTME begins nationwide

    Meanwhile, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Friday had tasked its officials to adhere strictly to its guidelines as the 2022 exercise begins for over 1.7 million candidates nationwide.

    The board gave the directive in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar in Abuja.

    It stated that biometric verification would be the only mode for admittance of candidates into the examination centre.

    The board said strict adherence to this directive was required by all involved.

    JAMB had reiterated that all candidates would be checked into the examination hall, using the Biometric Verification Machine (BVM) which would also serve as a register of attendance, in line with its policy.

    It urged officials to ensure no candidate was kept waiting if he or she could not be verified, but to ensure such candidate was recaptured at the centre before leaving.

    The board further stated that only genuine cases would be subsequently treated in cases of biometric hitch.

    JAMB also urged its officials to ensure that all report forms provided for the exercise were accurately filled and completed.

    It explained that the information gathered from the forms was expected to assist the board in “establishing happenings during the examination for reference purposes as well as serve as evidence for punitive measures.”

    The board said it would continue to consult with critical stakeholders, including technical officers and Advisors, Resident Monitors, Supervisors and its eight monitoring groups, to deliver a hitch-free exercise.

    The board’s exercise had since been scheduled to begin from Friday to May 16 in its 757 centres nationwide.

    JAMB had also warned its candidates that the ban on prohibited items was still in force and necessary sanctions would be meted out to violators of its code of conduct.

    “The list of the banned items within the examination hall include but not limited to flash drives, smart watches, calculators, recorders, mobile phones, spy reading glasses, jewelleries, among others,” JAMB said.

    Faulty biometric forces UTME’s postponement in EKSU CBT centre

    Meanwhile, the first batch of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) at Ekiti State University (EKSU) CBT centre in Ado-Ekiti was, on Friday, postponed indefinitely due to faulty biometric system.

    A correspondent, who monitored the exercise across the 12 centres in the state, reports that the development left some of the affected candidates stranded for hours.

    As at 11:00 a.m. when NAN visited the centre, the first batch of the candidates, scheduled to begin their examination by 7:00 a.m., had yet to be cleared through the biometric, as the system was malfunctioning.

    The development also created altercation between UTME officials, particularly the State Chief External Examiner of UTME, Mrs Smaranda Olarinde, who was on monitoring visit to the centre and some aggrieved parents of the candidates.

    Some of the parents, who spoke on condition of anonymity, claimed that they had arrived the state a day earlier with their children and that they had been at the centre as early as 6:00 a.m. only to be confronted with the biometric issue.

    The parents, who expressed dissatisfaction with the conduct of the examination at the centre, said that the security situation in the country forced them to accompany their children to the centre for the examination.

    A candidate, Gideon Adejuyigbe, expressed disappointment with the indefinite rescheduling of the examination.

    Adejuyigbe said that the situation had further been compounded by the fact that some of the candidates were expected to commence their West Africa School Certificate Examination (WASCE) in a few days’ time.

    The second batch of candidates at the centre was later cleared through the biometric to undertake their examinations at about 1:00 p.m.

    Olarinde said that the clearance was made possible due to the efforts of the JAMB technical personnel in the state.

    Addressing the affected candidates, the JAMB official said that their examinations had been rescheduled and asked them to always check their profile portals for information on the new date.

    “We have been working round the clock to ensure that the technical problem is resolved but as it is now, your examination will be rescheduled.

    “Candidates for the second batch are already in the hall and they will be followed by the third batch. So I want to implore you to be patient and always check on your profile portals from now on for developments on the examination,” she said.

    Earlier, the JAMB Coordinator in the state, Alhaji Akeem Alaaya, said that the exercise recorded significant improvement over the previous ones.

    “In a situation where you have only two or three candidates being absent out of 200 in a centre, I think it’s 95 per cent improvement compare with the previous exercises where more than 20 candidates could be absence in a centre.

    Alaaya also expressed satisfaction with the general conduct of the candidates, especially as regards compliance with the laid down rules and regulations.

    “The candidates have been very cooperative and orderly and this is highly commendable,” he said.

    Other centres visited included: JAMB Ekiti office centre on New Iyin Road, Ado-Ekiti, Afe Babalola CBT Centre, Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti Centre and Federal University, Oye-Ekiti centre, amongst others.

  • NECO reschedules 2022 common entrance examination

    NECO reschedules 2022 common entrance examination

    The National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled the 2022 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) conducted for admission into Federal Unity Colleges from April 23 to May 7.

    Mr Azeez Sani, Head Information and Public Relations Division of the council made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday.

    Sani said that the examination was rescheduled to give states with low registration of candidates the opportunity to register their candidates for the examination.

    ”All candidates, parents, guardians and relevant stakeholders are therefore enjoined to take note of the new date for the examination.

    ”The registration of candidates will continue till the new date of the examination.

    “Candidates, parents and guardians are advised to download the new examination time table from the council’s website: www.neco.gov.ng.”

  • 2022 WASSCE: WAEC warns against non adherence to registration deadline

    2022 WASSCE: WAEC warns against non adherence to registration deadline

    The West African Examinations Council has urged schools intending to enroll candidates for this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to adhere to the new Feb. 12 deadline to do so.
    The council’s Head, National Office (HNO), Mr Patrick Areghan, said early registration would give the council adequate time to prepare the pre and post examination materials.
    He gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos.
    According to him, the delay in meeting registration deadline by schools is one of the major challenges facing the operations of the council, aside examination malpractice.
    He warned that a situation whereby some school owners would deliberately delay in registering their candidates for the examination would no longer be tolerated in the current year and going forward.
    “As usual, we are working assiduously toward the conduct of a hitch-free examination for the school candidates diet and indeed all three diets of our examination this year.
    “But I must state that before now, we have been faced with issues of late registration of candidates, especially on the side of the private schools, and this is hindering the operations of council in conducting the examination.
    “We floated entry in December 2021 for the registration of candidates for the 2022 WASSCE for schools and as I speak to you now, only a few schools have complied. They are coming in trickles.
    “Non adherence to registration deadline for candidates by schools has remained, indeed, a huge challenge to us, and so we are strongly appealing for these schools to comply because we need time to print the pre and and post examination materials.”
    The HNO stated that early registration gave the council an idea of the number of candidates to plan for, in terms of printing the question and answer scripts, including briefs, as well as ensuring proper capture of data.
    “If we do not have the exact number of candidates that will write the examination long before we start preparation, it becomes an uphill task for the council to manage. That not even withstanding, we go ahead to give window to these latecomers or stragglers, as well as what we call super late entry, ” the council boss stated.
    He attributed the non adherence to deadline to what he described as “shopping for candidates” from various sources, to make up for the number to be registered.
    The HNO said that schools were not allowed to enroll external candidates as school candidates for the examination, noting that this is against the National Policy on Education.
    The council boss explained that the super late entries were often tolerated by the council in a bid to accommodate every child desirous of the certificate, but it normally came with a cost.
    Areghan fingered private school owners as being the main culprits, warning that there would be no room for such practice anymore.
    He said that the council had put modalities in place to check the unwholesome act.
    “You see, technology is very costly and we do not do it all alone. It is usually in collaboration with other key stakeholders.
    “So, when they fail to meet with the deadline, they are surcharged. Sometimes, these people will be running to us to register candidates, even while the examination has started,” he said.
    Areghan said that already, arrangements were almost concluded to carry out sensitisation workshops for schools.
    According to the council boss, the workshop will involve all the principals of registered schools, as well as other key stakeholders, in further discussing the need to adhere strictly to the rules and regulations guiding the conduct of the examination.
    He said that this would be followed by another elaborate workshop for examination supervisors only.
    “We are expecting that all registered schools in the country will participate in this, as we are envisaging not less than 1.5 million candidates for this year’s school examination.
    “We are going to organise this workshop for all these schools and their principals, before we turn to the supervisors.
    ” We are going to also have an elaborate session with these supervisors, to again, bring to their knowledge, the rules and regulations guiding the conduct of this examination, as spelt out in our syllabus.
    “The fact remains that even though some of the operators of these schools know the rules, how many of them are willing to comply?”
    The WAEC boss further warned owners of schools against complicity in examination malpractice, as the council would not hesitate in blacklisting anyone caught for as long as necessary.
    He regretted the fact that some supervisors had been found wanting over cases of examination malpractice, noting that more stringent measures awaited those that would be caught in the act.
    ” Some of them have been caught over their involvement in assisting candidates to compromise the standard of the examination and they are now in court.
    “It is unfortunate how some of these supervisors will choose to look the other way, when conducting the examination. Some even volunteer to use their handsets to snap questions and send outside to their accomplices, all in the name of assisting candidates.
    “Of course, they are usually caught. We must catch them, as we have our cutting edge technology deployed to catch all those perpetrators of evil,” he noted.
    On the issue of challenges faced by the council in conducting the examination in the face of the current insecurity in the country, Areghan lauded some state governments for providing the enabling environment.
    According to him, conducting the examination in the current state of insecurity occasioned by banditry, kidnapping and others, has cost the council a fortune.
    He noted that council had been working closely with some state governments, especially in some high risk areas, to ensure the safety of candidates, examination materials, council members, as well as all others involved in the conduct of the examination.
    “I want to sincerely thank these state governors for providing us with the much needed security to ensure safety of all that is involved in the exercise. In some very dangerous areas, we even go ahead to move candidates to more secured places for the examination to hold.
    “This whole issue of insecurity is also biting hard on the lean resources of council. We now need to double efforts to secure men and materials for the examination.
    ” We now have to pay double, in moving our men and these materials, to the nooks and crannies where the examination is to be administered.
    “We are even owing our service providers because the examination is not just handled or organised by council alone,” Areghan said.
    The council boss also pleaded with state governments owing the council to pay up and come for the results of their candidates.
  • Students without 70% attendance won’t take examinations in Ogun – Education Commissioner

    Students without 70% attendance won’t take examinations in Ogun – Education Commissioner

    The Ogun government says students without 70 per cent attendance will no longer be allowed to sit for examinations in its schools.

    The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, stated this on Tuesday during a visit to Abeokuta Girls Grammar School, Onikolobo.

    Arigbabu explained that the measure was taken to curb absenteeism in schools.

    The commissioner said that this was part of measures put in place to reduce misdemeanor in schools, and advised students to shun behaviors that would bring shame to their families, schools and the state.

    Arigbabu said that to make the measure effective, private schools had been directed not to admit any student expelled from a government school.

    “Absenteeism of learners in schools is worrisome to us as a government. This, we believe, is also part of the behavior that we frown at.

    “We have therefore ensured digitalisation of names of all our learners, this will make it impossible for anyone that does not record 70 per cent attendance to sit for any examination,” he warned.

    On the case of a viral video of some students smoking Shisha in a school in Ogun, the commissioner said that the suspended students had been pardoned and have returned to school after undergoing counselling.

    Earlier in her remarks, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mrs Abosede Ogunleye, charged the students to face their studies and shun acts that could undermine or destroy their future.

    Welcoming the commissioner and her team to the school, the Principal, Mrs Tolulope Fasanya, appreciated government for rehabilitating and re-integrating the girls to school.

    Fasanya promised that such incident would not happen again in the school.

  • Delta shifts date of common entrance examination

    Delta shifts date of common entrance examination

    Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has postponed the common entrance examination into the state’s model secondary schools and Delta State Secondary School, Warri.

    Mrs Oderhohwo Kehinde, Director/Registrar, Examinations and Standards Department, made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday in Asaba.

    Kehinde said that the examination scheduled to hold on Oct. 10, would take place on Oct. 15, to enable more candidates to apply.

    “Registration fee for the examination is N2, 500 and registration will be done online by candidates using scratch cards obtained from Field Offices of the Chief Inspectors of Education.

    “Candidates for state’s model schools will gain access to the registration form online through the ministry’s portal after the payment of the registration fee.

    “The scratch cards will be used for registration as well as checking results, and the entrance examination is open to candidates for admission into JS1, JS2, SS1 and SS2,’’ she said.

    Kehinde said that the examination would be done once, adding that there would not be supplementary examination as it used to be.

  • WASSCE: Private schools proprietors speak on suspended exam

    WASSCE: Private schools proprietors speak on suspended exam

    The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), has appealed to the Federal Government to reconsider its stand on the suspension of 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSSCE).

    The National President of the association, Mr Yomi Otubela, made the plea at a virtual news conference on Monday in Lagos.

    Otubela said that reconsideration of the WAEC organised WASSCE and the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) by the National Examination Council (NECO), was to ensure emotional wellbeing of the already traumatised students.

    He said that private schools under NAPPS were ready to resume with strict adherence to the safety protocols as rolled out by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

    “To avoid emotional trauma, the SS3 students will be subjected to as a result of the cancellation of the WASSCE, we advise government to deploy the services of clinical psychologists.

    “This is to evaluate the state of minds of these students, whenever they are ready to sit for these examinations, due to mental trauma that will arise as a result of the suspension.

    “We are talking about the rigorous preparations put in by the students and knowing full well, that their counterparts in other countries will write the ex examinations,” he said.

    According to him, there is need to avoid a situation where Nigerian students would be forced to seek an alternative way of writing these examinations, by approaching neighbouring countries such as Ghana.

    “It will not be good for the image of the country.

    “As a result of a prolonged closure, majority of students may likely lose interest in education and embrace social vices inimical to their wellbeing and public safety as well,” he said.

    Otubela said that, after announcement of the suspension of the examinations, parents of students in private schools had started approaching management of schools to demand for refund of the fees paid for their children’s WASSCE.

    “Private schools had already remitted money to the examination bodies.

    “Their reasons are premised on the decision to utilise the refunds to approach other neighbouring countries, so that their children can sit for 2020 WASSCE outside the country,” the president said.

    He added that they were willing to have a meeting with the Minister of Education and other stakeholders, to assure them of the safety protocols that had been put in place in private schools, to ensure safety of students nationwide.

    “Our call today is meant for all the transitional students, both in the private and public schools, to resume early enough, for revision before the examination dates.

    “A task force can be instituted by both the Federal and State Governments to monitor and ensure strict compliance, during the conduct of the examinations.

    “This is considering the level of success achieved so far with the reopening of the airports for domestic flights, through strict adherence to safety protocols for passengers.

    “We are sure that the same level of success will be recorded, when schools are reopened,” Otubela said

    He added that the NAPPS had engaged the Federal Government, through the Economic Sustainability Committee, on the need to support private schools to cushion the effect of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the sub-sector.

    “Our justification for requesting palliatives from the Federal Government was borne out of the fact of the abrupt closure of schools by the government to protect students in the country from the outbreak of the disease.

    “For this reason, the recent announcement of the approval of N2.3 trillion stimulus package to support businesses by the Federal Government, with the inclusion of private schools, is a welcome development.

    “NAPPS, therefore, appreciates the Federal Government for the swift response. We are hopeful that government will soon release guidelines for private schools to benefit from this support.

    “NAPPS is equally appreciative of the single loan digit approved by the Federal Government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s N5O billion COVID-19 intervention funds,” Otubela said.

    He said NAPPs serves as the umbrella body and voice of private school owners in the country.

    The president said that his members would ensure strict adherence to the safety protocols recommended by NCDC to prevent spread of the disease, within the school environment.

    “Some of the safety protocols recommended include: provision of running water, soap for handwashing, provision of Infra-red thermometers to monitor staff, students and visitors’ temperature.

    “Enforcement of face mask, provision of sick bay to be managed by qualified health personnel and others,” Otubela said.

  • Covid 19: NECO postpones 2020 common entrance examination

    Covid 19: NECO postpones 2020 common entrance examination

    The National Examinations Council (NECO), has postponed the 2020 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE), into Federal Unity Colleges, earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday March 28.

    Mr Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the council, made this known in a statement in Abuja, on Tuesday.

    Sani said that the decision was in deference to the various measures being put in place by federal and state governments, to curtail potential spread of Corona virus (COV1D 19) in the country.

    “The management of NECO regrets any inconveniences the postponement might have caused our esteemed candidates and other stakeholders.

    “A new date for the examination will be communicated to candidates and other stakeholders in due course.”

    He, however, added in the statement that registration for the examination would continue.

  • Lagos announces dates for postponed examinations

    Lagos announces dates for postponed examinations

    The Lagos State Ministry of Education on Tuesday announced new dates for three examinations postponed recently by the state government.

    Mrs Adeleye Olatokunboh, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, said the three postponed examinations include the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for Junior Secondary School III students, the Lagos State Model Colleges and upgraded junior secondary schools.

    Other are Placement Test into Lagos State Public Secondary School.

    “The BECE will hold from July 15 to July 24, while the screening test into Lagos State Model Colleges and upgraded junior secondary schools will take place on July 20.

    “The placement test into Lagos State public secondary schools has been scheduled for July 27,” she said in a statement.

    Dr Oluwafemi Hassan, Director, Lagos State Examinations Board, according to the statement, says the board is ready for the smooth conduct of the examinations

    Hassan urged parents and guardians to take note of the new dates and prepare their children and wards accordingly.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government had on May 31, postponed the examinations due to circumstances beyond its control.

  • 2019 UTME: JAMB registers over 1.6 million few days to closure

    2019 UTME: JAMB registers over 1.6 million few days to closure

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says not less than 1.8 million candidates would be registered for its 2019 UTME by the end of the registration exercise scheduled for Feb. 21.

    The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos.

    Benjamin expressed satisfaction at the ongoing registration exercise nationwide, adding that so far, it had been smooth with little or no hitches.

    The registration of candidates for this year’s all Computer Based Test (CBT) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), commenced on Feb. 10.

    Meanwhile an official bulletin of the board tagged ‘jambulletin’ issued on Sunday said over 1.6 million candidates had registered for the examination between Feb. 10 and Feb. 15, nationwide, with Lagos recording the highest, with 234,259 candidates.

    According to the bulletin, preparations for the successful conduct of the examination scheduled to commence few weeks from now is in top gear.

    Also contained in the bulletin is the restatement of the unlikely extension of the registration deadline by the board.

    “Candidates would commence the reprinting of their examination notification slips two weeks to the examination date.

    “On the examination slip are candidates’ schedule for the examination, date, time and centre, as well as other necessary information about the examination.

    “Two weeks to the commencement of the examination, candidates will have their slips placed on their profiles.

    “However, in the event where candidates could not access their slip, such candidates can visit the board’s service portal,on www.jamb.org.ng to print the slip,” the bulletin stated.

    It also said that messages would as well be sent to candidates, informing them on when to reprint their e-slip.

    According to the bulletin, the processes are all automated to keep candidates abreast of developments, just as messages will be sent to all candidates informing them on when to print their e-slip.

    The bulletin warned candidates against coming into the examination halls with prohibited items such as wrist watches, telephones and others.

    It re-assured candidates that the board was working round the clock to guarantee their full participation during the examination.

     

  • Recruitment: Police shortlist 37,062 candidates for examination

    The police on Monday confirmed shortlisting 37,062 Nigerians for examination in the latest round of recruitment exercise.

    The Police Service Commission (PSC) said in a statement Monday that the candidates were selected out of 133,324 applicants earlier shortlisted for screening.

    Ikechukwu Ani, spokesperson for the PSC who made the announcement, said the examination would hold on May 25 at Computer-Based Test Centres all over the country.

    The centres are available in all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

    The development is the latest stage of the recruitment exercise which began with physical and document screening on May 7.

    Six thousand candidates are expected to be recruited at the end of the exercise.

    Successful candidates from the screening exercise have been informed via text messages and emails to attend the examination at their respective designated centres on May 25.

    Candidates who are yet to receive any invitation are required to check with the police command headquarters in their state for the date, venue and time for the examination.

    They could also check their details by logging on to the PSC website: www.psc.org.ng.

    “Candidates are required to come with their biometric and data capturing slip to the examination slip, Mr Ani said. “They will not be allowed to enter the examination hall with electronic devices such as spy eye glasses, telephone hand set, calculator, wrist watches and camera.”

    “Persons not invited for the examination or who do not have the biometric and data capturing slips are advised to stay away from the examination centres,” he added.