The Joint Admissions and
Matriculations Board has
released the results of the 2012
Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination, with only three
candidates scoring above 300.
The News Agency of Nigeria
reports that the results of 27,266
candidates across eight states
were withheld for various
reasons.
This was stated by JAMB
Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof.
Dibu Ojerinde, at a news
conference in Abuja.
A total of 1,503,931 candidates
were registered for the 2012
UTME, which held across the
country on March 24, making it
the one with the highest number
of registered candidates since
the existence of JAMB.
Contrary to earlier fears that the
Boko Haram sect would disrupt
the exam in some Northern
states, Ojerinde, said the State
Security Service and other
security agencies had been
engaged to deal with any
security threat.
The exam proceeded on the set
date without any security
problem.
At the news conference,
Ojerinde, the JAMB Registrar,
listed Abia, Benue, Cross River,
Delta, Imo, Lagos, Nasarawa and
Rivers as the affected states, due
to malpractice such as extortion
of money by some examination
officials.
“In 2012 UTME, we had some
disturbing news of extortion of
money from innocent candidates
by greedy proprietors and
supervisors all these persons will
be brought to book,” he said,
adding that the outcome of
investigation would determine if
more results would be released..
Ojerinde said 72, 243 scored 250
and above while 336,330 scored
below 170.
He said 374,920 candidates
scored between 170 and above,
601,151 candidates scored
between 200 and 249 while 901
scored between 270 and 299.
“In 2010, 96,451 results were
recorded invalid, while in 2011,
the figure reduced drastically to
28,069, due to sensitisation on
2011 UTME.
“For the 2012 UTME, the number
was drastically reduced to 5,161;
the board will continue to work
to ensure that the incidence of
incomplete and invalid results is
totally wiped out,” he stated.
Ojerinde said that Imo had the
highest number of applicants
with 123,865 candidates; Delta
came second with 88,876
candidates while Anambra
placed third with 84,204
candidates.
Conversely, FCT recorded the
lowest number with 3,380
candidates, Sokoto placed next
with 5, 664 candidates while
5,713 candidates sat from
Zamfara.
He said the University of Lagos
recorded the highest applicants
with 83,865 candidates; Nnamdi
Azikiwe University came second
with 82,148 candidates while
University of Benin came third
with 80,048 candidates.
He said arrangement had been
made for candidates to check
their results online using JAMB
web site,
www.myjambonline.com, and
using the scratch card used
earlier for registration.
More details later.