The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board say 62, 140 candidates go rewrite the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination after too much malpractice for dem centres.
JAMB Registrar , Prof Ishaq Oloyede, wey yarn the matta on Wednesday yarn say na total of 59 ,698 UTME results the board cancel based on examination malpractices.
The breakdown of the cancel results show say 57, 646 candidates write for fake centres with mago-mago, dem catch 1 ,386 candidates dey copy-copy and 666 candidates do multiple registrations. Gist dey say na only the first group of 57 , 646 go dey allowed to rewrite the UTME. The group go dey joined by 3 ,811 candidates , wey do late registration and 683 wey get biometric-related issues, to make am total of 62 ,140 candidates .
Oloyede say the board don choose Saturday, July 1, for the examination .
He say, “The board had a meeting with the 37 chief external examiners for the 2017 UTME and other major stakeholders , and arrived at the following decisions . One, we approved the cancellation (of the results) of 1,386 candidates found culpable of examination malpractices, and the results of 666 who did multiple registrations.
“We also cancelled the results of 57 , 646 candidates who were involved in malpractices across centres. Hence , we have rescheduled the UTME for those candidates and others who have biometric and other technical issues. We also approved Saturday, July 1, for the rescheduled examination. The board has , moreover, suspended 24 Computer-Based Test centres for one year due to technical issues . These centres would not participate in the 2018 UTME.”
“The meeting approved the commendation of JAMB staff and other agencies involved in the UTME for their integrity, particularly where monetary inducement was given to them by some CBT centres,”
*** chai, so dis kind things still dey happen for our educational system..na wa o....
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