The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says more than 80% of the 98,232 candidates eligible for the nationwide mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) were absent
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known while monitoring the exercise at the Technology CBT Centre in NAF Valley Estate, Abuja, Nigeria
Oloyede noted that mop-up exams were typically organized for a few thousand candidates with legitimate reasons such as illness or verified technical issues to miss the main UTME.
He said the turnout was alarmingly low, with only about 12% of registered candidates showing up across the country.
This is a development the Board attributed to intensified security measures targeting impersonators and exam cheats.
The registrar emphasized that suspected impersonators who failed to take the exam after alleging exclusion from the main UTME would not escape accountability.
News Edited by Favour Owonibi