JAMB News: UTME Result Update Today, May 8th, 2019

UTME 2019: Massive cancellation hits Jamb results – Candidates who sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) that held between April 11 and 17 should expect Massive cancellation of their CBT results.

FINANCIAL WATCH reports that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) may likely cancel as much as 50% of the results of the 2019 UTME examination exercise.

This was disclosed by a JAMB official under anonymous personality, he expressed disgust at the massive malpractice recorded during the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) that held between April 11 and 18.

The source said while cheating was rampant in across all the centres in the country, the situation was worse in some parts.

He said the “fearless display of fraudulent tactics by some individuals including parents and centre owners,” would leave many people dumbfounded.

In explaining the factors behind JAMB’s delay in releasing the 2019 UTME examination results, the anonymous source said Nigerians would be shocked if they were privy to the footages from the CCTV cameras installed across the about 700 examination centres throughout the countries.

He added that at least 50 per cent of centres in some states would likely have their results cancelled.

“Those people, I trembled when I saw the magnitude of malpractice they perpetrated, in spite of the technological measures JAMB took. I don’t know what we can do again,” the source said.

“If you look at the CCTV camera recordings, you would now wonder whether these people thought we were just joking when we insisted on installation of CCTV cameras. I am sure they didn’t believe us because anybody that had believed us would not have tried what they tried in those places.”

The spokesperson for JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, also echoed the large scale examination malpractice, but said the board would not stereotype any particular region.

Mr Benjamin further said that while widespread cheating as confirmed by CCTVs are not new, the impatience of many Nigerians had pushed JAMB to release results before thorough reviews of the recordings in the past.

“What we have found out is that those who indulge in malpractice are usually encouraged by the impatient attitude of Nigerians who don’t always like matters being followed to a logical conclusion. That way, they always get away with their corrupt practices. But this time, we are patient to ensure that every single infraction is punished.”

“We are crossing the ‘ts’ and dotting the ‘is’. We are almost done with the CCTV reviews, we have considered the reports submitted by supervisors, and we have ensured that centres where widespread cheating is recorded we are able to fish out the few innocent candidates so that they don’t suffer unjustly. So, very soon, we will release results.”