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  • We’ll not condone multiple registration for Direct Entry, UTME – JAMB

    We’ll not condone multiple registration for Direct Entry, UTME – JAMB

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will not condone multiple registration for Direct Entry and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

    A statement signed by JAMB’s Head of Public Relations, Mr Fabian Benjamin said in Abuja on Sunday.

    Benjamin described the act of multiple registration as a serious offence in the process of obtaining the Board’s application forms  presently on sale.

    He said that the warning had become imperative for people to know and understand that violation of such rule would attract sanctions.

    “Candidates are to note that our advertisement for 2017 UTME clearly states the penalty for any candidate caught buying two forms.

    “Members of the public are requested to note that any candidate who indulges in double registration will be caught by our software and disqualified.

    “The Board is not interested in the candidates’ money as is being insinuated by certain group who suggested to the Board that such registration will enhance the revenue base of the Board.

    “No, we are more interested in the credibility of the examination and not the money, if money is our concern we will not be returning over five billion naira to the Federal Government coffers.’’

    Benjamin said this year, the Board had so far remitted more than five billion naira to government, the highest ever in the 40 years of its existence.

    He said that the money was saved through the transparent and judicious use of resources.

    Benjamin urged candidates to disregard all information on admission, especially cut-off marks being circulated on the net.

    According to him, the Board has established new method of admission in line with its mandate to ensure fairness irrespective of tribe, religion and it is determined to meet the expectations of Nigerians.

    The JAMB public relations officer said that the Board had held consultations with universities across the country to enable candidates meet the requirement and secure admission without the assistance of anybody.

    According to him, no cut-off mark has been arrived at as this can only be done at a policy meeting, which is at the moment yet to be conveyed.

    “Do not allow yourselves to be defrauded by internet fraudsters, the policy meeting would commence the 2017 admission with all mode, process and acceptable conditions for admission.

    “The Prof. Oloyede led management is working to ensure transparent, acceptable and fair admission process.

    “We have designed software known as Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), where human interference will be completely removed, to promote credibility.

    “The admission criteria would be keyed into the software and it will select candidates blindly according to the institutions requirement without any primordial consideration.’’

  • Supplementary UTME satisfactory–JAMB

    Supplementary UTME satisfactory–JAMB

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has described its supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held across 170 centres nationwide as satisfactory.

    The board’s Head of  Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday.

    The board’s Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede,  had after the conduct of the main examination that held between May 10 and May 20  announced the cancellation of 59,698 results of the 1.7 million candidates.

    He hinged the cancellation on  what he had described as ‘organised malpractice.’

    Oloyede also announced the blacklisting of 48 Computer Based Test Centres (CBTs) over their involvement in extortion and organised examination malpractice during the same examination.

    He, however, noted that the board had fixed July 1  for supplementary examination for candidates who had registered late for this year’s UTME.

    Oloyede added that some of the candidates, whose results were cancelled, would also take part in the rescheduled examination,  having discovered that they were not directly involved in such malpractice.

    He also listed other categories of candidates with issues such as biometric non-verification machine related issues, technical and log out issues, incomplete results and candidates who lost examination sessions due to malfunctioning of servers at the affected centre as those to participate in the supplementary UTME.

    Oloyede had noted that the decision to allow the candidates sit for the rescheduled examination was reached after a thorough review of all the reports that emanated from their centres.

    According to Benjamin, however, no fewer than 85,000 candidates participated in the supplementary examination.

    “I must say we are happy with the conduct of the rescheduled examination. In fact the conduct of the examination in all the centres was satisfactory.

    “We did not anticipate any challenges and I must say it was well monitored going by the fact that the number of candidates that participated was just a fraction of the number that had sat for the examination earlier in May.

    “Having said this however, we do not envisage coming across issues that led to the cancelation of results of some candidates after the main examination.

    “ But in an event where we come across any, we will not hesitate to cancel such results again.

    “We have just concluded the examination and we are hopeful that within the next 24 hours, candidates will start receiving their results,’’ he said.

    NAN reports that no fewer than five centres were used in the conduct of the examination in Lagos.

  • JAMB impersonation: Cybercafe operator’s trial stalled

    JAMB impersonation: Cybercafe operator’s trial stalled

    An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court Thursday adjourned till July 27 the trial of a cybercafe operator, Emeka Anuguo, who allegedly impersonated Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) officials.

    Magistrate O. G. Oghre adjourned the case following the absence of the two JAMB officials who reported the case, Mr Sunday Aladegbaye and Mr Badaru Jubril.

    Anuguo, was arraigned last May 5, on a two-count charge of fraud and impersonation.

    He pleaded not guilty and was granted N100, 000 bail.

    Prosecuting Inspector Okete Ejime told the court that Anuguo committed the alleged offences between last May 1 and 30, at No. 7, Ojora Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.

    He said the defendant deceived 70 JAMB Universities Matriculation Examination (UME) candidates that he was a JAMB official.

    Anuguo then allegedly obtained N3, 000 from each candidate under the guise of changing their ages, courses, institutions and to also generate Remitter Codes for them.

    The offences, Ejime added, contravened Sections 323 and 376(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

     

  • JAMB plans supplementary UTME for 85,000 candidates

    JAMB plans supplementary UTME for 85,000 candidates

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday, July 1 to conduct supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 85,000 candidates.

    The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, announced the date in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja.

    According to him, the examination, which is for candidates who registered late and those with related issues, will be spread across some Computer Based Testing (CBT) centres.

    “Following an enlarged management meeting of the JAMB, the supplementary 2017 UTME has been fixed to hold on Saturday, July 1.

    “No fewer than 85,000 candidates are scheduled to write the examination.

    “Affected candidates have been notified through text messages.

    “By this notice, they are advised to check their e-mail and profile for the schedule of their examination or visit the board’s website for their status,’’ Benjamin said. .

    According to him, candidates will soon be requested to print their e-slip for details such as date, venue and time of the examination.

    The board noted that candidates, who are not listed for the supplementary, would not be communicated while those, whose results are withheld, would reflect in their profiles, which have been updated.

    The board  also advised rescheduled candidates to comport themselves and be of good behaviour to avoid the circumstance that earlier necessitated the cancellation of their previous examination.

    “Many of the candidates rescheduled for this examination enjoy this privilege because of the board’s principles of equality and inclusiveness.

    “It is better to let 100 offenders go free than to punish one innocent person.

    “The board will enhance its monitoring of the examination as it would not compromise its sanctity.”

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that  1.7 million candidates registered for the 2017 UTME in 633 centres across the country.

    The examination was conducted from May 13 to May 20 but the board  cancelled the results of more than  50,000 candidates.

    It also delisted 48 Computer Based Testing  centres over what was described as huge and organised malpractices.

  • 2017 UTME: 48 CBT centres blacklisted for malpractice

    2017 UTME: 48 CBT centres blacklisted for malpractice

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has blacklisted 48 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres over their involvement in extortion and organised examination malpractices during the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

    JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja at a news conference at the end of an enlarged meeting with external examiners and other stakeholders in the conduct of the 2017 UTME.

    Oloyede, who also announced the cancellation of the results of 59,698 candidates who sat for the examination, said another 24 CBT centres had been suspended for one year for failing to live up to expectations.

    “The (24 CBT) centres will not participate in the 2018 UTME, but they can be reconsidered for 2019 and above.

    “The delisting of 48 centres from participating in the board’s examination in future is as a result of serious technical deficiencies, extortion, organised examination malpractices and other damaging infractions.”

    He said that JAMB had fixed July 1, 2017 as the date for supplementary examination for candidates who registered late for this year’s UTME.

    Oloyede added that some of the candidates whose results were cancelled, would also take part in the rescheduled exam.

    The JAMB boss said the decision to allow the candidates sit for the rescheduled examination was reached after a thorough review of all the reports that emanated from their centres.

    According to him, 1,386 candidates have their results cancelled over examination malpractice; 57,646 results were also affected as a result of centres-induced malpractices while the results of 666 candidates were cancelled due to multiple examinations.

    He listed the categories of candidates whose results were cancelled but would take part in the rescheduled examination to include candidates of centres with mass malpractices but who are deemed innocent, biometric non-verification machine related issues.

    Others include technical and log out issues, late registration, incomplete results and candidates who lost examination sessions due to malfunctioning of servers at the affected centre.

  • Portal for candidates’ personal data correction not open – JAMB

    Portal for candidates’ personal data correction not open – JAMB

    Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has not opened its portal for candidates in the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)  to effect the change of course or correction of data, an official has said.

    The Head of Media and Information of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  in Lagos on Thursday that many candidates bombarded the Lagos office of the organisation for these purposes.

    Benjamin said that reports reaching the headquarters of the board indicated that a large crowd of candidates on Wednesday besieged the board’s Lagos office.

    He said the development was creating unnecessary anxiety and chaos where there should be none.

    “This announcement became necessary following the crowd in our offices by candidates demanding for such services.

    “Affected candidates are urged to remain calm as we shall contact them when the time is right.

    “The request for correction of data is usually from candidates, who provided wrong information while filling their application document online,’’ Benjamin said.

    According to him, the change of institutions is for those who are considering other preferences other than their initial choices.

    He noted that the candidates were misled to believe that the board had started such services and would soon close.

    He said that when the board opened the window for correction of data and change of course it would make the announcement.

    He assures all candidates desirous of carrying out the correction of data or change of institution that the board would ensure that enough time was given for them to do so.

    Benjamin also explained that the board had not finished with the conduct of the 2017 UTME.

    “The board is still conducting examinations for those who registered late and those who could not be verified during the examination.

    “As such, it will be unfair to them to open window for such correction and changes at the same time.

    “Our reforms are meant to make our services accessible to all conveniently.’’

    He also said that JAMB would decentralise the service when it eventually opened its portal for it.

    “We are collaborating with the University of Lagos, Yaba College of Technology and other stakeholders on this in Lagos. We will do same in other states.

    “This will ease the pressure on our various offices and ensure a hitch-free process.’’

    More than 1.7 million candidates registered for the examination that was conducted from May 13 to May 20 nationwide.

    Results of majority of the candidates have been released while some others have yet to be released as the board is still scrutinising them.

  • UTME: JAMB withholds 76,923 results for malpractices

    UTME: JAMB withholds 76,923 results for malpractices

    ….Says rich parents paid N200, 000 to CBT owners to upgrade results

     

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said Wednesday that it has withheld 76, 923 results of candidates who wrote the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for various malpractices.

    The board also said some super rich parents paid as much as N200, 000 to owners of Computer Based Centres (CBT) to upgrade the results of their children.

    JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said this at a briefing with reporters on Wednesday in Abuja.

    He said the board has so far released 1, 606,901 results, adding that the agency is yet to release 80, 889 results.

    Oloyede added that more results would be released once the board has finished clearing the candidates of any infractions.

    He assured candidates that all the 80,889 outstanding results would be released before the commencement of admission.

    Oloyede said: “So far we have released the results of 1,606,901 candidates after the examinations, leaving us with a balance of 80, 889. Out of this 80,000 we have deliberately withheld 76,923 for further investigation because of alleged malpractices in the centres where the examinations where held.

    “There is no need to panic if you belong to the 80,000. For us we want to thoroughly investigate what had happened.

    “We do not mean that this 80,889, all of them committed any infraction, no. We did not say so. In fact those who committed the infraction may be less than 10% of these people but when something happens in a centre pending investigation to know who was involved, who was not involved, the best thing is to withhold the results of certain number.

    “The results that have not been released will be released before the commencement of the admission exercise for those who are not guilty of any infraction. 76, 923 results are the ones we are investigating the centres.

    “Parents of these super VIP paid N200, 000 for each of the candidates to be able to score high marks. We are able to be ahead of them. Next year we are going to put electronic jammers in all the CBT centres. They better start to think of another way because we know that is what they do and we will also plan ahead of them.”

    The JAMB registrar also said 640 candidates who could not write the examination because of biometric issue would have to retake it under his supervision.

    “As at today, 640 candidates out of the 1.7 million across the country could not do biometric verification. We have investigated why and have found various reasons including the fact that some centres or fraudsters registered candidates taking the image of their thumbs rather than the actual thumbs.

    “In fairness, what we think that we should do is to assume that the students were not guilty. We have decided that the whole 640 students will be made to write their examination as we promised them and they will also be part of those who will write their examination.

    “Those people will however write the examination under my very own eyes because if you are well, you cannot be verified and you registered, we will still give them the opportunity,” he said.

    He urged candidates who have problems with data to visit any JAMB-owned CBT centres for correction.

    “Those who made mistake you will go and do the correction in JAMB CBT centres free of charge. We are not closing correction. Correction will continue. If you don’t have time now go next week or next month.

    “At JAMB offices, they have been told to do the correction free once you have paid through TSA. Even the printing for you should be free,” he added.

     

  • JAMB will watch CCTV examination footages to sanction cheats – Spokesman

    JAMB will watch CCTV examination footages to sanction cheats – Spokesman

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will watch recordings of proceedings in its Closed Circuit Camera Televisions (CCTVs) during the just-concluded Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

    The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said in a statement on Sunday in Lagos that such would enable it to detect where there actually examination malpractices.

    According to Benjamin, where there is any semblance of irregularities, the board will not hesitate to do the needful, that is, sanction the cheats.

    “Those who know they were involved in any acts inimical to our examination ethics should not celebrate as their inglorious days of punishment will soon surface.

    “Again, we want to seize this opportunity to debunk messages being circulated by those who do not wish our education well that the Senate has passed a bill urging the board to add extra 40 marks to candidates.

    “There is no bill anywhere, not even a motion has been tabled before the two chambers of the National Assembly on the board’s 2017 UTME performance,” the statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said.

    “The board wants to state for the umpteenth time that our examination is not a ‘fail pass’ examination; it is a selection examination, so, it can never be said that there is mass failure.

    “It will be absolutely wrong for mischief makers to begin to analyse an examination that has just been concluded without even looking at the overall result.

    “We urge candidates to disregard all funny connotations online on their results as the board will not contemplate doing all that is being speculated as that will negate the ethics of an examination body as critical as JAMB.’’

    It added that the board’s major concern had always been to ensure that cheating during and after examination were reduced to zero level, and this, he said, the board had substantially achieved.

    It also noted that in order to ensure that the 2017 UTME met international best standards of transparency, the Registrar had constituted a taskforce with the mandate to examine the entire conduct of the examination

    The statement said the taskforce was expected to look at the fortification processes done by the board, identify areas of loopholes in various centres if any and consider cases that would require urgent action, especially those involving candidates.

    According to the statement, the taskforce is also expected to investigate malpractice cases and recommend likely sanctions in accordance with the provisions of the Examination Malpractice Act.

    “One of the likely benefits of this taskforce which has renowned scholars and management staff is to ensure that it identified challenges to be addressed so that they don’t occur subsequently.

    “The board is determined to ensure equity and fairness to all candidates and will not hesitate to allow the weight of the law to deal with whoever is involved in any infraction,” it said.

     

  • “440,000 candidates write JAMB exams in two days”

    “440,000 candidates write JAMB exams in two days”

    No fewer than 440,000 candidates have sat for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations within two days across the country.

    The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is’haq Oloyede made this known in Abuja on Monday during a tour of the examination centres in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

    Oloyede said that the exams would end in Bauchi, Abia, Niger states and some other states on May 15 while the UTME would continue in Kebbi state, Lagos state, Oyo and some other states.

    He also said that some centres in Delta state were underutilised, adding that the Board would fully involved the centres in future exams.

    He called on candidates to avoid being exploited by unscrupulous persons in the name of getting exam questions for them.

    He said that a case of a person who attacked JAMB officials in Abia state had been reported to the security personnel.

    “I believe everything is going on well. We are monitoring the situation except for a person that was said to have attacked our staff in Abia state this morning.

    “Candidates should be careful because some of these people go about telling the candidates they can give them questions.

    “We are therefore appealing to people to do everything according to the law and avoid cutting corners with JAMB,” he said.

    On the recent industrial action at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Oloyede said there was preparation to move the candidates to the University of Ilorin for their exams.

    “We understand that there is a sort of strike by either staff or students in Lautech and two of our centres are in that school.

    “However, arrangement is being made already to transfer the students because there are no private CBT centres in Ogbomosho and the closest place is Ilorin because of the proximity.

    “So we believe it is better than taking them to Ibadan or any other place in Oyo state.”

    Oloyede also condemned the incessant strike in Nigerian Universities, saying that the acts could destroy the future of the country and citizens.

    He added that unions were free to disagree with the government but not at the detriment of students.

    “Anybody who loves this country and education will be against incessant strike.

    “I don’t mean government should take academic staff or non-academic staff for granted but it means we should find a way of solving our crisis not at the expense of the innocent ones,” Oloyede said.

    Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwukah, who was also on exams monitoring, applauded the board for smooth conduct of the exams.

    Anwukah, however, urged candidates to put more effort in order to succeed in the examination.

    “Based on what I have seen today, the exercise is excellent and if we can fathom this into what we are doing, I think it will be excellent from now on.”

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that centres visited within the territory are Digital Bridge Institute, Global Learning Institute, Sascon International School and the JAMB headquarters centre.

     

  • LAUTECH students lock out UTME candidates

    LAUTECH students lock out UTME candidates

    Students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology ( LAUTECH), Ogbomoso have shut the gates of the institution against UTME candidates scheduled to write their examination on Monday morning.

    The gates were locked after students leaders held a congress by 5am and resolved that the school will be lockdown and no Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination will hold until their demands are met.

    The demands include, a comprehensive academic calendar, commencement of lectures and a permanent resolution of the crisis in the institution.

    Unless the demands are met, the student leaders said they will continue to protest and ensure a total lockdown of the institution.

    The student leaders said the aim of the lockdown is to get the attention of the federal government on the plight of the institution.