The involvement of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the recently-conducted centre accreditation exercise for the upcoming 2026 UTME is to prevent fraud and protect the sanctity of its examination.
According to the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, the involvement of critical stakeholders and agencies in the exercise was to underscore the importance of the exercise to the success of registration and the examination.
Consequently, with the presence of CAC, Directors of blacklisted centres would be effectively prevented from re-registering as active players in the registration and administration chain of the UTME.
Additionally, the staff and proctors, who have either been implicated or blacklisted as a result of their involvement in previous registration or examination infractions, would be easily identified through their National Identification Number (NIN), while computers from delisted centres would be permanently flagged and banned from the JAMB system.
He also stated, “JAMB Centre Accreditation is crucial for the UTME because it ensures quality, security, and technical reliability of test venues, preventing malpractice, system failures, and overcrowding, thereby maintaining examination integrity, building public trust, and guaranteeing a fair process for all candidates by ensuring that centres meet strict standards for infrastructure, power, CCTV, and network topology.”
A total of 1,039 CBT centres were visited across the country for the 2026 UTME.
At the end of day, centres adjudged to fall below standard would be denied accreditation and declared unfit for the 2026 UTME.
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