JAMB agrees to set new date for ‘missed exams’
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Sat, 19 Mar 2016 || Nigeria,
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday said candidates who missed the recent computer-based Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) due to the sudden relocation of their exams centers will write the exams at a later date.
The Registrar, Professor Jibu Ojerinde, made the remarks at media briefing in Bwari, Abuja. He said about 59,000 candidates representing 3.7 per cent were relocated to new centers and as a result a number of them missed the tests. He agreed that the circumstances in which some of the candidates missed the test were beyond their control and that the Board will bear the responsibility of preparing new exams for them. “A new date will be announced,” he said.
The Registrar, Professor Jibu Ojerinde, made the remarks at media briefing in Bwari, Abuja. He said about 59,000 candidates representing 3.7 per cent were relocated to new centers and as a result a number of them missed the tests. He agreed that the circumstances in which some of the candidates missed the test were beyond their control and that the Board will bear the responsibility of preparing new exams for them. “A new date will be announced,” he said.
Ojerinde said ‘mercenaries’ were brought to exams centers in Lagos and Uromi, Edo State to write exams for candidates and the Board had to relocate candidates to new centers. Those in Lagos were moved to Moro, Osun State while candidates in Uromi were moved to Auchi.
The Registrar said the recent suggestion by the National Assembly to revert to paper-pencil test and increase the validity period of UTME results to 3 years could either be approved or rejected by government but not the Board.
The Registrar said the recent suggestion by the National Assembly to revert to paper-pencil test and increase the validity period of UTME results to 3 years could either be approved or rejected by government but not the Board.
A total of 1, 592,444 candidate registered for the exams but 1, 546,633 (97.12 per cent) sat for the exams. 23, 577 (1.48 per cent) missed the tests while 145,704 candidates had multiple results.
Ojerinde said the Board will certainly address the cases of multiple results.
Ojerinde said the Board will certainly address the cases of multiple results.
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