JAMB Releases Another
JAMB Releases Another 15,490 Results
In consonance with the promise made by the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) during the release of the 2019 Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Saturday, 11th May,
2019 that it would further probe the identity and involvement of
some candidates who were suspected of being involved in one
examination infraction or another, the Board has further cleared
and released the results of 15,490 candidates in this category.
The release followed the expert review of the cases of this
category of candidates who were requested to upload certain
credentials for scrutiny. At the conclusion of the review exercise,
this category of candidates were further classified into five
groups as follows;
i. Those who have sufficiently proved their innocence.
ii. Those with inconclusive evidence of culpability and were
given the benefit of the doubt because of the guiding principles of
the Board that it is better for many criminals to go free than to
punish one innocent candidate. Consequently, the results of
categories (i)and (ii) were part of the 15,490 released on
Saturday, 8th June, 2019. They are to send RESULT to 55019 for
their result.
iii. Those whose upload of evidence necessitated further
interrogation. They have been notified and invited (through phone
call, their profile, text message and email) to designated centres
across the country for further clarification of the evidence
against them. It is in their interest to attend otherwise the
evidence will be taken as conclusive.
iv. Those whose culpability have been firmly established thus
necessitating the cancellation of their results. A total of
additional 321 results were therefore conclusively cancelled and
the candidates are being notified.
v. Those who did not heed the advice to upload evidence of their
identity vis-a-vis the other impersonators and there are
incontrovertible evidence of their culpability. They also have
their results cancelled along with category (iv) above. Further
more, four additional CBT centres were found culpable and were also
delisted.
It would be recalled that the Board had last week released the
results of candidates earlier cleared of wrongdoing. It has also
conducted fresh examinations in two centres – Abuja and Otuoke
where it was convinced of the genuine need to examine the 490
candidates who missed examination as a result of apparent
communication lapses . The Board has endured the pains of this
tedious exercise in order to sanitize its process and ensure that
only genuine candidates are enrolled into the Nigerian tertiary
education system.
The Board is still deeply saddened by the discovery of clusters of
examination syndicates and the depth of their nefarious activities
hence our renewed commitment to exterminate all forms of
examination malpractices at least as it concerns UTME.
It seems the iron-clad resolve of the Board to block all
loopholes for examination malpractice is being underestimated by
examination cheats and other fraudulent characters.
The Board will continue to deploy cutting-edge technology and
also engage the services of globally-acclaimed experts to ensure
that the sanctity of its examination is protected.
The truth is that, the Board is unequivocally committed to changing
the ugly narrative about the conduct of public examinations in
Nigeria and, as such, would not be deterred by the antics and
propaganda of vested interests that may want to derail its avowed
commitment to doing the needful at all cost.
The righteous has no fear but the culpable has reasons to be
afraid. The Board will continue to update the public as the
screening progresses.–
Dr. Fabian Benjamin
Head of Media
JAMB