JAMB Clears Doubt On 2013 UTME Results

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday reacted
to the 192 complaints received from candidates who sat for the 2013
Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME).
The Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, at a meeting in Abuja with some of
the candidates who filed the complaints, said it was imperative to
clear the doubt of thepublic about the UTME.
Ojerinde said that there was an open complaint from the media which
amounted to a threat to the integrity of the organisation.
He said that out of the 192 candidates who filed their complaints, 132
candidates requested that their examination scripts be remarked, while
63 requested to see their examination scripts.
"We are sure of what they scored, we are sure of the situation and we
are sure of the true position of things, even with those who claimed
that we did not release their results.
"But in the final analysis, you can see that they did not shade their
subjects correctly, how can we release a result thatis not known to
us?.
"That was why we told the candidates to come on June 10 to see their
papers and here we are, together with the complainants.
"We have been showing them their papers and so far, nobody has won. I
can bet you, the damage done to our integrityis what we have come to
protect.''
The registrar, who reiterated JAMB's determination to ensure
transparency and accountability in the conduct of its examinations,
added that "we have to be able to tell the people how we conducted the
exams and how we scored them.
The JAMB boss said the organisation was not responsible for the
failure of any candidate in the 2013 UTME, stressing that rather, the
failure was due to double shedding and not following proper
instructions as required.
He commended the aggrieved candidates for their boldness in writing
their complaints to JAMB.
He directed that any complainant who must have paid the requested
amount forthe verification should be refunded.
Meanwhile, some of the complainants toldthe News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) after the meeting that they were not pleased with the way and
manner the UTME was conducted.
A complainant, Miss Chiamaka Nnadika, said she was not satisfied even
after seeing her examination script.
Nnadika, however, commended JAMB for the steps taken to call for such
an exercise.
"Such a meeting should also be held in the states, instead of people
travelling from the east and the north to come to Abuja.
"It will be better if JAMB will organise such meetings in the 36
states of the federation so that people will understand their issues
better.''
Another complainant, Mrs Queen Wuhu, said she was not happy about the
turnout of things.
"I was wondering why I failed my JAMB, that was why I wrote a
complaint letter toJAMB that I wish to see my answer script but I was
shocked with the findings that I was actually the one who made the
mistake by double shedding.
"That means I am going to lose this year again, I will work harder next year.''
Also present at the meeting were representatives of the Public
Complaints Commission and the Independent CorruptPractices Commission
(ICPC).