No fewer than 24,535 candidates who sat for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will have to rewrite the examinations.
JAMB gave the affected candidates another opportunity to retake the examination following the alleged “substantial non-compliance with its standards in the affected examination centers.”
The Board, however, confirmed that the examination will be held on Saturday, June 22, 2024, in towns chosen by the candidates.
A statement signed by JAMB’s spokesman, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday directed the affected candidates to print their supplementary examination notification slip from Tuesday, June 4, 2024, to ascertain their designated examination centers.
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The statement added that the board has also released an additional 3,921 withheld UTME results.
The statement read: “The Board has painstakingly analyzed the process and conduct of the 2024 UTME in some centers 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, June 1, 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.
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“The rescheduled candidates are to print their supplementary examination notification slip on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, to ascertain their designated examination centers.
“This release brings the total results released to 1,883,350.”
The statement added: “The rescheduled examination, which is taking place on Saturday, June 22, 2024, two weeks from now, is to give affected candidates adequate time to prepare for the exercise.
“This notice does not concern candidates whose results have been released.
“Candidates with prima facie cases of examination misconduct, would be further interrogated to establish their culpability, after which appropriate measures would be taken on them and announced.”