Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, expressed satisfaction with the rescheduled 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Saturday.
Adamu, who, along with the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, monitored the exam at the Computer Based Test Centre in Mambilla Barracks, Asokoro, Abuja, expressed delight at the exam’s smooth conduct.
“I am very happy with what I have seen,” Adamu told journalists gathered at the centre. Regarding the (temporary) holding room (for candidates) and the arrangement where they will take the examination, I believe everything is in order.
“Everything is fine, have you noticed any problems?” “Perhaps they should have a class for the holding room; I believe that is the only improvement they will make here,” Adamu suggested.
Meanwhile, in an interview with journalists at the venue, JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said that approximately 80,000 candidates who were unable to sit for the 2023 UTME within their scheduled time due to no fault of their own sat for the rescheduled UTME across the country.
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According to a JAMB spokesperson, the candidates affected include those who were verified at their centres but were unable to sit the examination, those who could not be biometrically verified, and those with mismatched data, among others.
He stated that the use of innovations in the exam’s administration paid off handsomely, as the exercise had the fewest reported cases of infractions.
“Examination malpractices were almost non-existent in this year’s UTME,” Benjamin said.
When asked when the results of the rescheduled UTME would be released by the examination body, Benjamin stated that the board’s management will analyse the conduct of the exercise after its conclusion before making a decision.
It was previously reported that the board released the results of candidates who had previously taken part in the exam, which began on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.
A total of 1,586,765 candidates registered for the 2023 UTME.
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