UTME Mop Exam Costs JAMB Over N100 Million – Oloyede
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The Registrar, Joint Council on Admissions and Matriculation, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has said that conducting his 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Matriculation Examination cost more than $100 million naira.
Speaking on Saturday while monitoring the conduct of the exam at some centers in Lagos, Oloyede explained that rewriting the exam had become a necessity for candidates who could not participate in the exam during the main exercise in May for various reasons and largely due to exam malpractice.
He added that more than 42,000 candidates are taking the exam in five states.
"The rewriting of the exam cost the board more than N100 million. The cancellation of the exam in the 10 affected centers was done in the belief that the board is aware of the fact that, although few in number, there are still real candidates among them.
"After a thorough analysis of the conduct of the UTME 2022 in 10 centers across five states of the federation where it was established that exam malpractice took place, it has become necessary to void the results of all candidates who took the exam in the relevant states.
"Other categories of rescheduled candidates for the raking UTME are those with fingerprint errors, BVN failures, and technical issues."
Oloyede denounced the activities of the centers involved in aiding and abetting exam malpractice, saying the owners of the centers had yet to pay for the exercise” , he said.
He noted that it would be worth it, even if there was only one candidate who could be saved from the consequences of malpractice.
"Candidates have seen for themselves that shortcuts don't pay." They saw that they retake the exam, even if it costs us a lot of money.
"The only shortest path to success is hard work," he said.
The Registrar said tackling exam malpractice is not negotiable with the jury.
Meanwhile, it has been observed that some candidates cannot start their exam until about 30-40 minutes after their allotted start time due to the pressure on the many examiners.
It has also been learned that some candidates did not arrive at their centers on time, giving several excuses such as confusing the WAEC test center with the WAEC international office for being late.
However, some candidates at WAEC Testing and Training Center, Ogba, WAEC International Office on Agidingbi and JKK Ilupeju House Center on Ikorodu Road, said that there is no had no serious problems during the duration of the exam.< /p>
However, they said that even though some of the questions were a little difficult and the two-hour duration for the combination of four subjects was not enough, they were optimistic that they would pass examination and admission to their chosen institutions.
Please share this story:
The Registrar, Joint Council on Admissions and Matriculation, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has said that conducting his 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Matriculation Examination cost more than $100 million naira.
Speaking on Saturday while monitoring the conduct of the exam at some centers in Lagos, Oloyede explained that rewriting the exam had become a necessity for candidates who could not participate in the exam during the main exercise in May for various reasons and largely due to exam malpractice.
He added that more than 42,000 candidates are taking the exam in five states.
"The rewriting of the exam cost the board more than N100 million. The cancellation of the exam in the 10 affected centers was done in the belief that the board is aware of the fact that, although few in number, there are still real candidates among them.
"After a thorough analysis of the conduct of the UTME 2022 in 10 centers across five states of the federation where it was established that exam malpractice took place, it has become necessary to void the results of all candidates who took the exam in the relevant states.
"Other categories of rescheduled candidates for the raking UTME are those with fingerprint errors, BVN failures, and technical issues."
Oloyede denounced the activities of the centers involved in aiding and abetting exam malpractice, saying the owners of the centers had yet to pay for the exercise” , he said.
He noted that it would be worth it, even if there was only one candidate who could be saved from the consequences of malpractice.
"Candidates have seen for themselves that shortcuts don't pay." They saw that they retake the exam, even if it costs us a lot of money.
"The only shortest path to success is hard work," he said.
The Registrar said tackling exam malpractice is not negotiable with the jury.
Meanwhile, it has been observed that some candidates cannot start their exam until about 30-40 minutes after their allotted start time due to the pressure on the many examiners.
It has also been learned that some candidates did not arrive at their centers on time, giving several excuses such as confusing the WAEC test center with the WAEC international office for being late.
However, some candidates at WAEC Testing and Training Center, Ogba, WAEC International Office on Agidingbi and JKK Ilupeju House Center on Ikorodu Road, said that there is no had no serious problems during the duration of the exam.< /p>
However, they said that even though some of the questions were a little difficult and the two-hour duration for the combination of four subjects was not enough, they were optimistic that they would pass examination and admission to their chosen institutions.
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