Prof Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has characterised the recently finished mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Test (UTME) as a result of examination malpractice.
The exam was held for around 42,000 students in several states, the majority of them were from the 10 centers where candidates’ results were revoked due to examination malpractice during the exam’s administration in May.
Candidates with fingerprint anomalies, BVN failure, and technical difficulties are among those who took the mop-up UTME.
Speaking in Lagos while watching the exam’s conduct, he stated that because there were a few innocent people among those who sat at such centres, the board decided to re-run the exam for all those who sat at those centres but did not re-post them to the centres.
He stated that the penalties belonged to both the board and the candidates, as JAMB spent over N100 million to re-conduct the examination, while the impacted students had to deal with the emotional and physical pressures of rewriting the examination.
“You have seen what all of us have made of the country,” he stated to the impacted candidates. You have the option of continuing with the system or creating a better tomorrow, and a great tomorrow does not include cheating in the exams.”
When asked if the examination was required given the number of students still waiting to be admitted to universities as a result of the ASUU strike, he said it would be unfair to cancel it because certain state and private universities, as well as other specialized institutions, are not on strike.
He pleaded with the administration and the labor unions to resolve the issue so that the pupils may return to school.
Some candidates told Journalist that they did not fully study for the mop-up exam. Others expressed dissatisfaction with the canceled findings.
The registrar visited JKK ETC, WAEC International Office (WIO), Ikeja, and WAEC Test and Training Centre (WTTC), Ogba.
