Candidates Absent During UTME Excluded As JAMB Fixes Aug 6 For Mop-Up

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed August 6 for its mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for candidates who could not participate in the examinations during the period of the exercise for some verified reasons.

This is contained in a JAMB weekly bulletin released in Abuja on Monday through its Head of Media and Protocols, Fabian Benjamin.

The board said that this was as a result of its determination to give equal opportunity to all candidates who are desirous of tertiary education.

“JAMB, after every UTME exercise review various reports from officials in the field and video footages of the examination.

“The reviews are done by team of experts, with a view to detecting activities subversive of the examination process.

“It’s after all the reports have been collated and considered that the management would take critical decisions as to the necessity or otherwise of a mop-up examination for affected candidates....Read more: https://www.crispng.com/absent-candidates-excluded-as-jamb-fixes-aug-6-for-utme-mop-up/