The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board, Prof. ’Dibu Ojerinde, on Friday said only three out
of the 1.5 million candidates who sat for the 2012 Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examinations scored 300 marks and above.
Ojerinde said this while announcing the release of the results of the examination, which took place last Saturday.
He explained that other categories of
scores showed that 336,330 candidates scored between 1-169 marks,
374,920 scored between 170-199 marks, while 601,151 scored between
200-249 marks.
Others were 71,339 candidates, who scored between 250 and 269. On the whole, 72,243 scored more than 250 marks.
According to the JAMB registrar, the number
of invalid/incomplete results is drastically reduced when compared to
what obtained two years ago.
Ojerinde said, “In 2010, 96,451 results were recorded invalid, while in 2011, the figure reduced drastically to 28,069.
“Hence, it became imperative for us to
insist on the need for candidates to be most careful, just as we have
stressed that in any examination, taking time to read and understand
instructions is part of the examination.
“The aggressive and sustained awareness
campaign mounted by the board in the last two years has produced
positive results, as the figure for the 2012 UTME has been drastically
reduced to 5,161.”
He announced that a total of 52 centres,
with Rivers State having the highest number of 24, have had their
results withheld on suspicion of examination malpractices.
While giving a breakdown of institutions
with the highest number of applicants, the JAMB boss said the University
of Lagos was first with 83,865 applicants, representing 5.58 per cent
of the total applications.
He said, “Our experience this time is
consistent with previous trends – that Nigerians have a higher
preference for universities ahead of other tertiary institutions.
“Unfortunately, these universities still
have constraints with their carrying capacities. For instance, UNILAG,
which took the lead this year with 83,865 candidates recorded the
highest applications of 99,115 in 2011 UTME and from the carrying
capacity figure given by NUC, it can only admit 9,507.
“These figures are only for most preferred choice and do not include those who chose UNILAG as their second choice.”
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