JAMB Releases Result

JAMB Releases Result

From Effiong Ekpo in Calabar, 04.24.2010

For the first time in recent history, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board  yesterday announced the release of its results without naming the highest scorer.
The Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, who briefed newsmen in Abuja said the board decided not to be hasty in announcing the highest scorer because there had been at least a case in the past where the highest scorer was later found guilty of examination malpractice.
When THISDAY asked him what became of the candidate, he said the marks were withdrawn.
The Board will therefore wait until after its policy meeting, when all cases pertaining to the examination would have been addressed before announcing the highest scorer.
The results have been available online since yesterday and can be accessed with the use of the registration numbers as candidates do not need a scratch card to check their results.
The 17 candidates who sat for the examination in London may however wait a little longer as their answer sheets only arrived in the country on Wednesday due to flight disruptions caused by the volcanic ash from Iceland.
Giving a breakdown of the results, Ojerinde said 1, 276, 795 or 96.23 per cent of the 1, 375, 652, who registered for last Saturday's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), actually sat for it.
Of this number, 501, 463 or 41 per cent scored 200 marks and above. Another 330, 971 scored between 180 and 199. With minimum cut-off mark pegged at 180 for admission into universities, 832, 434 or 68 per cent of the candidates are eligible to vie for about 300, 000 available slots.
A total of 20, 780 or 1.63 per cent of the results in all the 36 states, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Cotonou are being withheld for further screening, based on the reports received from Supervisors, Monitors and Invigilators.
Beyelsa State produced the highest number of 5, 443 withheld results, followed by Rivers State with 3, 302; Lagos , 2, 847 and Enugu , 1, 519.
"For their unacceptable behavious" Ojerinde further said, 46 "Centres are being investigated for de-recognition." Such behaviours include beating up the examination officials, a centre withdrawing all its chairs from the halls before the day of the examination and asking candidates to pay N1, 000 each for seat; and the same amount for to get their mobile phones back after the examination.

Twelve of the de-recognised centres are in Rivers State , seven each in Imo and Lagos , five in Enugu , four in Delta, three each in Abia, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa, as well as one each on Cross River and Edo States .