The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has promised to keep providing a leveled playing field so that every applicant is given unrestricted access to higher education.

The exam body announced on Thursday that it had paid non-JAMB Computer-Based Test (CBT) center owners nationwide a total of one billion, 478 million, 416 thousand naira (N1,478, 416,000) for the services they provided during the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The board also declared that it would keep using cutting-edge technologies to conduct high-quality assessments and safeguard the validity of its exams.

Fabian Benjamin, the head of JAMB's Public Affairs and Protocols, revealed this in a statement and noted that most of the testing locations are not JAMB-owned, noting that some ICT facilities are controlled by higher institutions.

“The Board is proud to announce that all centre owners who rendered quality service during the just-concluded examination have been appropriately commended for a job well done and paid accordingly.

“As a responsive organisation, the Board will continue to ensure that every candidate is guaranteed unfettered access to higher education through the provision of a level playing field for all,” Benjamin