As part of measures to address the perennial challenges of theft or missing Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has concluded arrangements to partner with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to issue UTME candidates with customised phone Sims for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registration.
The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, explained this during the visit of a delegation of the West Africa Civil Societies Forum (WACSOF) to his office recently.
According to the Registrar, the customised SIMs would only be used for UTME registration and would be accessible to only the parents with an expiry date of five years.
He expressed confidence that the new SIM regime would solve the avalanche of problems associated with candidates’ registration.
Oloyede assured the coalition of civil society groups of the commitment of the Board to making its UTME registration not only seamless but also more flexible and user-friendly.
In addition, the Registrar expressed the determination of the Board to
continually come up with ways of
leveraging on state-of-the-art
technology to render efficient
service delivery to Nigerians.