The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withheld the
results of 80, 889 candidates who sat for the 2017 Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME) over alleged examination malpractices.
JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, who made this known on
Wednesday in Abuja, decried the intensity of the examination
malpractices perpetuated by some Computer Based Test (CBT) owners in
connivance with parents of some candidates who wanted their children to
score point at all cost.
He said the Board was bewildered that some candidates used mobile
phones, slippers, handkerchiefs, caps to commit fraud, saying fake
answers that were provided for them by fraudsters were neatly written on
those items.
Oloyede, also disclosed that the Board would hold supplementary
examination for about 3,811 candidates who registered late when the
examination was already going on.
He noted that he had announced that registration would continue in line
with the directive of members of the Federal House of Representatives,
who requested for extension of the registration by one month.
The Registrar added that even though the examination was to go, he
allowed the registration for the late candidates in which a total of
3,811 candidates were harvested.
He said those candidates who registered while the examination was on as
promised, would be scheduled for examination after due consultations
with relevant stakeholders.
Oloyede, however, said the Board discovered that some out the 3,811
candidates that registered late had actually registered before and did
second registration thinking that the Board had closed and would not
cross-check.
He said that anyone that the name is found in the first registration
would not be given the second chance, saying it was interesting that
many of the candidates involved in the double registration scored over
220 in the first attempt.
The JAMB registrar, disclosed that so far, within 24 hours of each day
of examination, the Board has released a total 1,669, 001 results of
candidates, leaving about 80, 889 results to be released.
He disclosed that out of this 80, 889, the Board has deliberately
withheld 76,923 for further investigation because of alleged examination
malpractices in their examination centres.
He explained that some candidates out of the 80,889 candidates had
issues including non-verification of their biometric. He said some of
them in this category would be allowed to take fresh examination along
with those who registered late for the UTME.
He disclosed that out of the 1.7 million that registered for the
examination initially, 640 candidates could not do biometric
verification, adding that from investigation, some fraudsters did
offline registration for some candidates.
-Tribune
