The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the 2013 Unified TertiaryMatriculation Examination (UTME) results. The examination body, however, withheld 12,110 results for possible disciplinary action.
“However, the results of 68,309 candidates from various centres are undergoing further screening to ascertain the culpability of 12,110 candidates’ results." The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, announced this at a news conference on the release of the results in Bwari, FCT, on Friday.
The registrar said after thorough processing of answer scripts of the candidates who sat for the examination, the board discovered some forms of malpractice perpetuated during the examination.
He said: “The general performance of candidates in this year’s examination shows remarkable improvement compared with last year. Ten candidates scored 300 marks andabove, while 127,017 candidates scored between 1-159 marks.
“About 40,692 candidates’ results were invalid due to either multiples hading or no shading at all. After processing all the results, the board also discovered that about 47,974 candidates were absent.“ The registrar assured the candidates that their results couldbe accessed on the JAMB Website: www.myjambresult.com using their registration numbers.
“Let me once again state that candidates are allowed to change their choices of institutions and courses once only, this change has to be effected within two weeks from today. “
Ojerinde said the Computer BasedTest (CBT) is scheduled to take place from May 18 to June 1 and appealed to candidates to reprint their e-registration slips afresh to further ascertain their CBT centres.
