JAMB Withheld Over 111,000 Candidates 2018 UTME Results. Report reaching us has it that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is withholding the results of 111,981 candidates who participated in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
This was made know to PREMIUM TIMES by the spokesperson for the Board, Fabian Benjamin.
Benjamin asserted the results of the affected candidates were earmarked for further screening over suspicion they engaged in examination malpractices.
JAMB had installed CCTV cameras in all centres used for the examination, and proceedings at the centres were closely monitored from a control room at the board’s headquarters in Abuja.
Mr. Benjamin said all cases of malpractices, including those caught on cameras, were being scrutinized and that JAMB would ensure that everyone who violated the rules of the examination were punished.
Asked if the results of some of the affected candidates might eventually be released, the spokesperson said, “I can’t say. It depends on the outcomes of the investigations. We are being fair and diligent in the screening to ensure injustice is not done to anyone.”
This was made know to PREMIUM TIMES by the spokesperson for the Board, Fabian Benjamin.
Benjamin asserted the results of the affected candidates were earmarked for further screening over suspicion they engaged in examination malpractices.
Some of the malpractices were centre-induced, Mr. Benjamin said.
So entire centres were cancelled. Some are individual cases. There are centres that colluded with candidates. Maybe their owners collected monies from the candidates and were dictating answers. They were caught on camera.
There were candidates who went into the examination halls with materials that were banned. Telephone handsets and other materials were found on some of them.
There were even candidates who attempted to change the IP addresses of the computer systems assigned to them.
JAMB had installed CCTV cameras in all centres used for the examination, and proceedings at the centres were closely monitored from a control room at the board’s headquarters in Abuja.
Mr. Benjamin said all cases of malpractices, including those caught on cameras, were being scrutinized and that JAMB would ensure that everyone who violated the rules of the examination were punished.
Asked if the results of some of the affected candidates might eventually be released, the spokesperson said, “I can’t say. It depends on the outcomes of the investigations. We are being fair and diligent in the screening to ensure injustice is not done to anyone.”
Tags:
edu