JAMB has put all 989 accredited Computer Based Test centres on notice that their surveillance systems must be fully visible and accessible from the board's central control room at all times, warning that any centre found to be unviewable during real time monitoring faces immediate delisting and forfeiture of payment for services rendered.

The warning was issued in a statement signed on Monday by JAMB's Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed that over 150 centres were found to be invisible from the board's monitoring system during the recent registration exercise. Those centres were denied payment, and while JAMB initially considered cancelling all registrations conducted during the affected periods, it opted instead to deploy an additional layer of remote monitoring to verify what had taken place.

"While the Board initially considered cancelling all registrations conducted during the affected periods, it opted instead for further verification using an additional layer of remote monitoring. Following the review, affected centres were invited for a meeting and given an ultimatum to rectify their technical issues to ensure proper visibility," the statement read.

JAMB made clear that payments would only be processed for centres confirmed to be in compliance, and that any centre that becomes unviewable during an examination, rather than just during registration, would be immediately delisted. The board said its central control room maintains continuous nationwide monitoring of all centres to detect malpractice and other conduct that undermines examination integrity.

The announcement comes weeks before the main UTME opens on 16 April 2026, and follows the delisting of over 20 centres after the disruptions that affected the 28 March Mock UTME. Together, the two developments signal that JAMB is tightening its operational standards before the examination cycle that directly determines university admission for hundreds of thousands of candidates.

For candidates, the message is indirect but important. The centres where you sit your examination are being watched in real time from Abuja. Centres that cannot be monitored will not be paid, and if problems arise during the examination itself, they will not simply be overlooked.