Matriculation Board has said 62 , 140
candidates will retake the Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination
after their centres were found to have
engaged in malpractices.
JAMB Registrar , Prof Ishaq Oloyede,
who disclosed this on Wednesday at a
briefing, noted that a total of 59 , 698
UTME results were also cancelled by
the board based on examination
malpractices.
A breakdown of the cancelled results
- showed that 57 , 646 candidates wrote
in centres , which were fraudulent ;
- while 666 candidates did multiple registrations.
- 1 ,386 candidates were caught cheating ,
It was learnt that only the first group of 57 , 646 would be allowed to rewritethe UTME.
This group would be joined
by 3 , 811 candidates, who did late
registration and 683 who had
biometric - related issues, to make a
total of 62 ,140 candidates .
Oloyede said the board had slated
Saturday , July 1 , for the examination.
He said , “ The board had a meeting
with the 37 chief external examiners
for the 2017 UTME and other major
stakeholders, and arrived at the
following decisions . One , we approved
the cancellation (of the results) of
1 ,386 candidates found culpable of
examination malpractices, and the
results of 666 who did multiple
registrations.
“ We also cancelled the results of
57 ,646 candidates who were involved
in malpractices across centres . Hence ,
we have rescheduled the UTME for
those candidates and others who have
biometric and other technical issues.
We also approved Saturday , July 1 , for
the rescheduled examination. The
board has , moreover , suspended 24
Computer- Based Test centres for one
year due to technical issues. These
centres would not participate in the
2018 UTME. ”
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