Breaking News: Jamb Releases 2013 Results, Witholds 12,110.

Bwari (FCT) – The Joint
Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB)
has released the 2013
Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination
(UTME) results.
The board, however,
withheld 12,110 results for
possible disciplinary action.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof.
Dibu Ojerinde, announced
this at a news conference
on the release of the results
in Bwari, FCT, on Friday.
The registrar said after
thorough processing of
answer scripts of the
candidates who sat for the
examination, the board
discovered some forms of
malpractice perpetuated
during the conduct of the
examination.
“However, the results of
68,309 candidates from
various centres are
undergoing further
screening to ascertain the
culpability of 12,110
candidates’ results.“
A total of 1,629,102
candidates applied to sit for
the Paper Pencil Test (PPT),
while 15,008 candidates
applied for the Dual Based
Test, bringing the number
of candidates to 1,644,110.
“The general performance
of candidates in this year’s
examination shows
remarkable improvement
compared with last year.
“Ten candidates scored 300
marks and above, while
127,017 candidates scored
between 1-159 marks.
“About 40,692 candidates’
results were invalid due to
either multiple shading or
no shading at all. After
processing all the results,
the board also discovered
that about 47,974
candidates were absent.“
The registrar assured the
candidates that their results
could be accessed on the
JAMB Website:
www.myjambresult.com
using their registration
numbers.
He said about 40 centres
would be screened to
ascertain their culpability
and warned the public
against Internet fraudsters.
“Information reaching JAMB
shows Internet fraudsters
are already telling
candidates that their results
could be upgraded in one
form or the other. “
This is pure deceit, the
public and candidates are
hereby advised to disregard
these fraudsters since they
do not have access to our
data.
“Let me once again state
that candidates are allowed
to change their choices of
institutions and courses
once only, this change has
to be effected within two
weeks from today. “
Ojerinde said the Computer
Based Test (CBT) is
scheduled to take place
from May 18 to June 1 and
appealed to candidates to
reprint their e-registration
slips afresh to further
ascertain their CBT centres.