The results of the resit examination the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) conducted for candidates affected by the technical glitch has been released.
Spokesperson of the board, Fabian Benjamin, said this on Sunday morning.
He said 21,082 of the 336,845 candidates who were supposed to partake in the rescheduled examination were absent.
The statement said “While this situation is unfortunate, it has also revealed numerous alarming practices perpetrated by candidates, certain Proprietors of Schools/Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres, which have exacerbated examination irregularities.
“It would be recalled that after the conduct of the resit examination, a meeting of the Board’s Chief External Examiners (CEEs) in all states of the federation was held to consider the results. In attendance at the meeting were a few notables.
“Release of Result of Candidates involved in “WhatsApp Runs” and other Misdemeanours: This category of candidates were found to have been involved in illicit solicitation of assistance.
“The meeting emphasised that its decision is not an endorsement of candidates’ unacceptable acts, rather a once and for all waiver. Candidates were thus advised to refrain from joining questionable “WhatsApp and other anti-social groups.”
He said there was over 93% attendance at the resit examination, adding that the meeting offered all the candidates absent an opportunity to participate during the normal annual mop-up examination.
Benjamin said this waiver is also extended to the candidates who for whatever reason must have missed the initial main UTME.
“The meeting condemned the involvement of some CBT centres in perpetrating serious registration and examination malpractices and resolved that all the implicated CBT centres should be blacklisted while complicit owners should be prosecuted.
“In addition, the identified individuals who directly registered the candidates with modified pictures and biometrics be apprehended and prosecuted.
vii. Activities of Tutorial Centres: The meeting observed with great concern, the role of some tutorial centres in the perpetration of examination malpractices.
“It urged governments at all levels to take appropriate steps in ensuring that operators of tutorial centres are properly regulated, licensed and constantly monitored. This is to curtail the initiation of candidates into the path of dishonesty.”
