Breaking news: JAMB releases 2013 UTME results

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.
Candidates writing the UTME at the
University of Abuja, Saturday.
Candidates writing the UTME at the
University of Abuja, Saturday.
"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 their CBT
centres. (NAN)