UTME 2019: JAMB Screens 1.3 Million Results Over Impersonation, Others

Over 1.3 million hopefuls who had composed the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME results would be screened by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Tuesday said it has started the screening of the outcomes to angle out pantomime, numerous enlistments and different types of misbehaviors.

Brief News comprehends that the board had in this manner not yet discharged any UTME result, noticing that hopefuls should "expect their outcomes soon."

The Head of Information, JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, expressed this in a meeting, including that the instance of applicants who couldn't compose the UTME due to biometric challenges was being thought upon with the end goal of finding an answer.

He stated, "The suspension of some CBT habitats for specialized deformities has not influenced our applicants. Likewise, we need to screen the UTME results in light of the fact that there are heaps of issues we found, for example, various enlistments, pantomime and the preferences. In this way, we are as yet angling them out.

"A few people have been captured and there are the individuals who are yet to be captured; we have their records. We will angle them out. In any case, competitors ought to expect their outcomes very soon."

Benjamin said the examination has so far been effective, including that the board was tending to a portion of the difficulties that surfaced amid the activity.

In its week after week announcement, the board said a sum of 389 outwardly weakened applicants were taking the 2019 UTME, as against 367, who took the tests in 2018.

"This class of UTME competitors will be enough taken consideration by the Equal Opportunity Group headed by Prof Peter Okebukola. The board will likewise give the important help to the physically-moved contender to accomplish their instructive objectives. In the 2019 UTME, an aggregate of 398 jail prisoners enlisted for the examination in three towns," JAMB included.