The Bayelsa Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), on Monday, said it arrested three cybercafé operators for selling JAMB UTME 2020 forms above the approved N4,700. “We got information from JAMB officials that some cybercafé operators were exploiting candidates and charging more than the approved N4,700 fees for the UTME. Ette-Nyiam said that the board received complaints from candidates that the 2020 UTME PINs were being sold for as much as N6,500 per candidate at cybercafés who were not permitted to sell JAMB PINs. “The official cost of the 2020 UTME PIN is N3,500, Reading Text N500 and Service fee of N700 for the Computer Based Test, anything more than this is not acceptable to JAMB,” Ette-Nyiam said. NAN recalls that the Federal Government had in November 2018 slashed the UTME PIN cost from N5,000 to N3,500 reducing total fees payable to N4,700 to ease the burden on parents.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2020 14:15 UTC