THE JOINT
ADMISSIONS AND MATRICULATION
BOARD ( JAMB)
HAS UNVEILED NEW GUIDELINES
THAT WOULD
HELP TO CURB THE FRAUDULENT
PRACTICES IN
THE EXAMINATION SYSTEM AHEAD
OF 2017
UNIFIED TERTIARY MATRICULATION
EXAMINATION (
UTME) .
THE GUIDELINES
SHOULD ALSO BE FIRMLY HELD
BY BOTH THE
EXISTING AND INTENDING CBT
CENTRE OWNERS
.
1) MINIMUM 15
INCHES FLAT SCREEN
COMPUTER
MONITOR FOR DESKTOP OR 17
INCHES FOR
LAPTOP.
2) THE
COMPUTER SYSTEMS MUST BE
CONNECTED TO A
ROBUST COMPUTER
SERVER WITH A
CAPACITY TO CARRY 250
SYSTEMS
CONCURRENTLY.
3) ALL THE
COMPUTER SYSTEMS MUST BE
LINKED
TOGETHER ON CABLE LOCAL AREA
NETWORK
TOPOLOGY ( LAN ) . ( WIRELESS
COMPUTER
CONNECTION IS NOT
ALLOWED ) .
4) ADEQUATE
SECURITY AND MINIMUM OF
FIVE ( 5)
TECHNICAL PERSONNEL AND ONE
NETWORK
ENGINEER
AVAILABILITY
OF BACK -UP POWER SUPPLY
( POWER
GENERATING SET OF MINIMUM
40KVA FOR A
CENTRE WITH 250 SYSTEMS;
60 KVA FOR 350
SYSTEMS AND 100KVA FOR
ABOVE 350
SYSTEMS) AND UPS / INVERTERS
THAT CAN CARRY
ALL SYSTEMS FOR A
MINIMUM OF TWO
( 2) HOURS.
5) — THE
CENTRE MUST BE ADEQUATELY
FENCED .
PROVISION MUST
BE MADE FOR A
HOLDING ROOM
OR RECEPTION FACILITY
E.G CANOPY
WITH CHAIRS , ETC .
6) — THE
CENTRE MUST NOT BE IN SHARED
PREMISES SUCH
AS CINEMA HALL,
SHOPPING MALL
, MARKET , ETC .
7)
—AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE AND
FUNCTIONAL AIR
- CONDITIONERS AND
LIGHTING.
cool PROVISION
OF UP TO DATE ANTIVIRUS
AND ALL THE
SYSTEMS MUST BE VIRUS
FREE.
9) MINIMUM OF
WINDOWS 7 OR HIGHER
VERSION OF
WINDOWS OPERATING
SYSTEM .
10) IP CAMERA
( CCTV) IS COMPULSORY FOR
ALL CBT
CENTERS ( SPECIFICATION TO BE
GIVEN BY JAMB
) .
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