The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that any Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre whose registration activities cannot be monitored remotely will be barred from participating in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration.
The Board made this known in its weekly bulletin published on its website on Monday, introducing a new measure tagged “No Vision, No Registration, No UTME” as part of efforts to curb registration infractions and restore the integrity of its processes.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this 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 for the 2026 UTME registration.
Oloyede said all CBT centres participating in the 2026 registration exercise would be monitored live from JAMB National Headquarters in Abuja.
“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, adding that such centres would neither register candidates nor conduct the 2026 UTME.
The registrar stressed the compulsory use of Microsoft or Digitech live cameras for UTME registration, noting that only approved devices would be allowed for capturing the second image during registration. He explained that the policy was introduced to curb manipulation of candidates’ photographs, which was detected during the 2025 UTME registration.
Giving specifications for approved equipment, Oloyede said all existing CBT centres must migrate to HIKVision Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) systems, with HIKVision recommended as the Network Video Recorder (NVR) or Digital Video Recorder (DVR).
“The NVRs must have a minimum of 16 channels to cover all areas of the examination centre,” he said, adding that all CCTV systems must be wired, as wireless systems would not be permitted.
According to him, CCTV cameras must cover the examination area, verification area, holding room, walkways, examination hall, server room, as well as entrance and exit doors.
Oloyede warned that erring centres would face sanctions, including possible prosecution. He added that JAMB would not bear the cost of reconfiguring CCTV routers, stressing that affected centres must handle such expenses before being allowed to operate.
He recalled that centres and individuals previously involved in unwholesome practices had been delisted and were currently being prosecuted, warning that the Board would not hesitate to sanction any centre or individual found culpable of examination malpractice.
JAMB officially commenced the registration of candidates for the 2026 UTME on Monday.
Elijah Adeyemi
