Some candidates and their parents have decried the system malfunction and technical glitches that characterised the conduct of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which started on Tuesday.
They spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, calling on the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to find solutions to the problems faced by some candidates who were unable to write the examination due to the glitches.
A parent, Mrs Jumoke Ajayi, said: “The systems were not working, the first batch that went in for the examination at 6.30 a.m were unable to access the examination as most of them went home crying and wailing.
“Some candidates scheduled for 6.30 a.m were still inside while those scheduled for other sessions as at 9.00 a.m and 12 noon were waiting.
“The candidates experienced the same problem during the mock examination. One would have thought that things should have been taken care of at this same centre, PEFTI CBT Centre, Sango.”
Another parent, who simply identified himself as Mr Ladipo, said 80 per cent of the candidates scheduled for the early morning session were unable to write the examination.
Ladipo wondered what their fate would be as many of them were seen crying uncontrollable at the CBT centre.
One of the candidates, Idris Raji, said the computer systems including laptops were not working properly at his centre.
Raji said that many candidates due to the technical glitches were unable to write the examination.
“I was one of the few lucky candidates who were able to access the examination, even at that, the system keeps prompting us to reconnect.
“This is a limiting factor as time was already going and this issue would not be considered by JAMB as it is not aware of what we were faced with here.