The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, will on Wednesday, May 21 release the results of 379,000 candidates who sat for the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ,UTME.
JAMB spokesperson Dr. Fabian Benjamin confirmed the re-sit conducted between Friday and Monday following widespread complaints of technical and human errors during the initial UTME exam.
Professor Ishaq Oloyede disclosed that 379,997 candidates were affected 206,610 across 65 centres in Lagos and 173,387 in 92 centres in the South-East.
JAMB said the glitches necessitated rescheduling the exam, acknowledging lapses in its system. The board’s Registrar Oloyede, publicly accepted responsibility and even broke down in tears while announcing a makeup exam for the affected candidates.
Out of the 1,955,069 candidates who took the original UTME, more than 1.5 million scored below 200 marks out of a possible 400, fueling concern over the fairness and credibility of the exam.
Culled from Punch News
