The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says no candidate of the
2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination has more than one
result.
The board stated this in its weekly bulletin released from the office of the Registrar on Sunday in Abuja.
The bulletin quoted the Head, Media and Publications, Dr Fabian
Benjamin, as saying that candidates with more than one result were
either fraudulent or victims of examination syndicates.
According to him, the board has evidence of some candidates who paid
money to syndicates to ensure they gain high scores in the examination.
“The syndicates, realising that they could not deliver as promised,
instead, came up with these forged results and sent same to candidates
who believed them.
“These are the set of candidates claiming to have two results, that is, with the actual result as one of them.
“It is practically impossible to have two results because we do not
send results to candidates, rather, candidates send ‘Results’ to 55019
and the result is subsequently transmitted to the respective
candidates.”
Benjamin added that the board has ensured that the UTME results were
secured with high-security features that would render the efforts of any
syndicate or fraudster null.
One of such features, he added was a unique bar code placed on each result to safeguard it.
He, however, warned that candidates must not become gullible and
desperate and urged them to be wary of criminal elements who want to
defraud them.
Benjamin also said that the board’s renewed resolve to confront examination malpractice headlong was yielding results.
He pointed out that the board was not responsible for deciding a
national cutoff mark for admissions into various institutions, adding
that the board had not set a cutoff mark for the 2019/20 admission
process.
He, however, explained that a national cutoff mark would be decided
at the JAMB Policy meeting of education shareholders and heads of
institutions to be chaired by a Ministry of Education official.
He said the meeting would hold on June 11 at Gbongan, Osun state.