The Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has released 15,490 results of candidates
who were suspected of being involved in one examination infraction or another.
The board also said the release
followed the expert review of the cases of this category of candidates who were
requested to upload certain credentials for scrutiny.
Recall that the JAMB registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, on May 11 said some results were
withheld because investigations are still ongoing.
“Today, we are releasing the
results of 1,792,719 candidates. Some 34,120 results are being withheld
including the results of 15,145 candidates being further clarified as identical
twins and siblings,” he had said.
In a statement sent on Monday morning, the spokesperson of the board, Fabian Benjamin said ”the
board probed 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”.
According to him, at the
conclusion of the review exercise, this category of candidates with suspected
infractions were further classified into five groups.
The five categories
He said the first category are
those who have sufficiently proved their innocence.
Mr Fabian said the second
category are 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,” he said.
He said category three are those
whose upload of evidence necessitated further interrogation
”The third categories 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,” he said.
”For category four, 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,” he said.
He said the fifth category are
those who did not heed the advice to upload evidence of their identity
vis-a-vis the other impersonators.
The spokesperson said there is
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,” he said.
He said it seems the resolve 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,” he said.
Background
Recall how
1,886,508 candidates registered for the exams across the country. The number
includes candidates who registered at foreign centres.
“Out of this number, which
excludes the Direct Entry candidates, 59,667 were absent. A total of 1,826,839
sat the UTME.
However, in the course of curbing
malpractice, the board also released the results of some candidates earlier
cleared of wrongdoing last week.
JAMB also conducted fresh
examinations in two centres – Abuja and Otuoke, to examine the 490 candidates
who missed examination as a result of apparent communication lapses.
The board also said from next year, UTME candidates will make all payments
associated with registration, purchase of e-pins, reading text and conduct of
mock examinations at one point.
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