Ekele Franklin, a 15-year-old boy, has emerged the overall best candidate for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted between April 11 and 15.
Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of the
Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), disclosed this at a news
conference while announcing the release of the 2019 UTME results on Saturday.
Having chosen the University of
Lagos (UNILAG) as his first choice, the Imo state candidate had a cumulative
score of 347. However, there are speculations that Franklin may not be admitted
on account of his age.
Franklin was closely followed by
Emmanuel Chidiebube, a 16-year-old boy from Abia state, who had a cumulative
score of 346, while Isaac Olamide, 17, from Osun state, came third, having
scored 345.
According to Oloyede, 57, 579
candidates scored between 250 and 299 while a total of 2,906 scored over 300.
He further revealed that 366,757
candidates scored between 200 and 249, a feat which, according to him,
represents a plausible improvement in comparison with 2018 results.
“361,718 candidates scored
between 180 and 199 as against 325,152 in 2018, while 494,484 scored between
160 and 179 as against 455,898 last year,” Oloyede said while hinting that
15,145 results were withheld for further clarifications.
“410,844 candidates scored
between 140 and 159 as against 346,825 recorded in 2018 while also 99,463
scored between 100 and 139 as against 64,712 in 2018.”
Citing some of the infractions
committed by candidates in connivance with CBT centres, Oloyede decried the
persistent examination malpractices which he said “has eaten deeply” into
Nigeria’s educational system.
He noted that the board has made
representative arrests on accounts of varying infractions, some of which led to
the delisting of a total of 116 CBT centres across the country.
“In Nigeria, examination
malpractice is exacerbated by the insatiable greed and desperate antics of
parents, who are hell-bent on inducting their innocent and not-so-innocent
children into the world of sharp practices and corruption,” he said.
“Double registrations led to the
cancellation of some results last year. This year, we realized not only double
registrations but also multiple. Someone, for instance, registered as many as
23 times for just a single examination.
“Most of the tutorial masters
specialise in recruiting professional writers for the candidates. We were able
to identify a large number of impersonators who have been writing UTME for
candidates.
“We have also tracked
registration centres. In cases where we were able to ascertain the culpability
of the centres, we delisted them. We have made representative arrests and we
must thank the Inspector-General of Police and the Commandant-General of the
NSCDC for their wonderful cooperation.”
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