The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Wednesday
said the introduction of the National Identification Number in the 2021/2022
exam registration helped it to uncover over 500,000 fake candidates.
Prof. Isha’q
Oloyede, the Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB disclosed this during a
press conference in Enugu, during his visit to the South-East to access the
conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination as well as to visit
the new university in Ebonyi.
The registrar said
the use of the NIN as directed by the Federal Government helped to reduce
examination malpractice.
He said, “Before the introduction of NIN in the
registration, there were about 2.2 million candidates for the examination, but
after the introduction of NIN, over 500,000 candidates were discovered to be
fake.”
He disclosed that the actual number of candidates that
JAMB registered for UTME 2021 was 1,415,501, and out of it, 1,122,095
candidates had taken the examinations, while 66,111 candidates had yet to take.
According to him, the board has 650 examination centres
across the country, out of which 30 centres have been delisted for performing
below standard.
“Fifty three centres are currently under watch, while 600
of them performed excellently.”
The examination body added that the students who visited
a particular centre but could not take the examination would be rescheduled and
a new date fixed.
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