Bwari (FCT) – The Joint
Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) has released
the 2013 Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination
(UTME) results.
The board, however,
withheld 12,110 results for
possible disciplinary action.
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 conduct of the
examination.
“However, the results of
68,309 candidates from
various centres are
undergoing further
screening to ascertain the
culpability of 12,110
candidates’ results.“
A total of 1,629,102
candidates applied to sit for
the Paper Pencil Test (PPT),
while 15,008 candidates
applied for the Dual Based
Test, bringing the number of
candidates to 1,644,110.
“The general performance of
candidates in this year’s
examination shows
remarkable improvement
compared with last year.
“Ten candidates scored 300
marks and above, while
127,017 candidates scored
between 1-159 marks.
“About 40,692 candidates’
results were invalid due to
either multiple shading 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
could be accessed on the
JAMB Website:
www.myjambresult.com
using their registration
numbers.
He said about 40 centres
would be screened to
ascertain their culpability and
warned the public against
Internet fraudsters.
“Information reaching JAMB
shows Internet fraudsters
are already telling candidates
that their results could be
upgraded in one form or the
other. “
This is pure deceit, the public
and candidates are hereby
advised to disregard these
fraudsters since they do not
have access to our data.
“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
Based Test (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 th