JAMB releases 3,921 additional results, reschedules exam for 24,535 other candidates
By Uji A.Iliyasu
Abuja
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination (JAMB) said it has yielded to the request and pleas of many stakeholders for the extension of the period for the 2024 Direct Entry (DE) registration, and has also decided to bring the Direct Entry (DE) registration to a close on Monday, June 17, 2024.
According to a release signed by JAMB’s spokesman Sunday, the fund said in order to facilitate the wrap-up of the registration, DE points have been expanded beyond the Professional Registration Centres(PRCs) owned by JAMB in the following in some selected states where there is upsurge of prospective DE candidates. The state are Lagos, Oyo, Kwara and Osun states.
“It is our belief that all eligible candidates would take advantage of this opportunity to register as no further extension would be entertained.
The previously announced criteria for DE registration remain unchanged,” Benjamin said.
Benjamin added, “Also, having held high-stake meetings with the principal officers of the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) and the Kwara State University (KWASU), on the CAILS-KWASU Diploma programme, the Board has agreed to conduct a special registration exercise for the 3,633 prospective candidates, who did not participate in the 2024 UTME based on the assumption that they would be accommodated in the 2024 DE exercise.
“These candidates are, therefore, to register at any of the approved CBT centres in Kwara, Oyo or Osun State within the next one week (ending on Monday, 10th June, 2024.) to register for the UTME.
“469 others among this category of UTME candidates who had already taken the 2024 UTME need not retake the examination. The one they have already taken suffices.
“This concession is to ensure that, while standards are being maintained, efforts are in place to support and promote the aspirations of qualified and willing candidates even if it requires bending over backwards.”
Benjamin said a supplementary 2024 UTME has been scheduled for Saturday June 22, 2024, for the following candidates:
CAILS-KWASU candidates referred to above; some (20,550) of the candidates whose results are up till now under investigation and 2,702 of candidates whose fingers could not be verified who are given the benefit of the doubt to sit the 2024 UTME.
“The remaining 322 candidates have been migrated to the category of candidates under examination misconduct as a prima-facie case has clearly been established that those who had registered were not those who appeared for the examination. Consequently, the number of examination misconduct has increased by 322 to 431.
“Similarly, the Board has painstakingly analysed the process and conduct of the 2024 UTME in some centres where there are strong proofs of substantial non-compliance with the Board’s standards. Consequently, 24,535 candidates have been rescheduled to retake the examination in their chosen Examination Towns on Saturday, June 22, 2024. “Meanwhile, 3,921 outstanding 2024 UTME results that had been cleared have now been released. Therefore, concerned candidates are urged to check their results from Saturday,1st June,2024 by sending RESULT to 55019 or 66019 to ascertain their status as those cleared would have their results while those rescheduled would be told that they had been rescheduled.
“The rescheduled candidates are to print their supplementary Examination Notification Slip from Tuesday, 4th June, 2024 to ascertain their designated examination centres. This release brings the total results released to 1,883,350.
The rescheduled examination, which is taking place on Saturday, 22nd June,2024, two weeks from now, is to give affected candidates adequate time to prepare for the exercise.”
Benjamin said this notice does not concern candidates whose results have been released, but said candidates with prima facie case(s) of examination misconduct, would be further interrogated to establish their culpability after which appropriate measures would be taken on them and announced.