JAMB Fixes Date For Rescheduled Examinations For Over 12,000 Candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has announced a new date for the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME).
JAMB, on Sunday, May 20, said that it had set May 26 for rescheduled UTME for more than 12,000 candidates across the country.
The Board’s Head of Media, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this yesterday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
According to Mr Benjamin, more than 12,000 candidates are expected to sit for the mop up examinations in few of its centres across the country.
This category of candidates, he explained, are those whose biometrics were not captured during the initial period of the UTME in March.
“It would also include those, who are yet to see their results since the end of the examinations in March till date and have not been involved in any form of malpractice.”“It will also include those, who were unable to print out their e-slip before the earlier examinations and those whose centres were cancelled for suspected malpractices.’’
According to Mr Benjamin, “there are centres that were cancelled because of suspicious activities but the board was unable to identify the actual culprits.
However, he said that those, who were involved and caught in illicit acts and centres where a case of malpractice has been established against them would not partake in the rescheduled examinations.
He advised candidates who might have fallen into any of the categories qualified for the examination to print their e-slips from Monday, May 21.
The board had earlier promised to reschedule the examinations for some candidates whose cases were exceptional, adding that candidates, who fall under such categories would be contacted before then.
All the best to all 12,000.