The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said no results have yet been released in the ongoing examination. It also disclosed that over 1.2 million candidates have so far successfully written the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
JAMB’s Head of Media and Publicity Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this on Tuesday in his office in Bwari.
Over 1.8 million candidates are expected to sit for the board’s UTME that commenced nationwide on April 11.
He said as of April 13, over 1.2 million have successfully written the examination scheduled to end April 17.
Benjamin said the process of the examination has so far been successful, adding that the board was addressing some of the challenges that came up during the exercise.
He also said the board was still investigating those who were unable to be verified through its biometric process and would come out with a stand on the matter.
Speaking also on the issue of results, Benjamin said no results have been released yet.
He explained that the board was still screening the results as the examination was ongoing and also because more fraudulent activities were being identified in the process.
He said: “We have to keep screening these results because there are lots of issues we discovered like multiple registrations, impersonation and the likes, so we are still fishing them out.
“Some have been arrested and those yet to be arrested, we have their records, we will fish then out. However, candidates should expect their results very soon.”
He added that the board’s suspension of some Computer Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide has not affected the candidates.
Benjamin explained that adequate examination centres was provided to all who registered for the examination.
The board in its weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar for April 15 said that it uncovered and arrested ‘Professional Examination Writers’ who writes examination for candidates for a fee.
According to the bulletin, 50 of such fraudulent persons were apprehended in centres across the country as a result of various intelligence gathering.
The bulletin also said that the board suspended 49 CBT centres from participating in the ongoing exercise.