JAMB Withholds 2,494 Results After Releasing DBT, PPT

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) failed to release 2,494 results of the Dual Based Test (DBT) and the Paper Pencil Test (PPT) due to various examination malpractices. For instance, eight centres in Abia, Rivers, Ebonyi and Imo States have been indicted by the board for extorting from N500 - N1,000 from the applicants. The board's helmsman pledged that the culprits will be dealt with.

Applicants whose first choices are universities are 995,901 in number. Polytechnics have 13,761 applicants while Colleges of Education and Innovative Enterprise Institute have 20,558 and 32 applicants respectively.
So far, 174 visually impaired sat for the exams, 36,164 and 37,315 are for invalid results and absentee applicants respectively.
The matriculation examination will be continued by the Computer Based Examination (CBT) which is set for May 17-31, 2014.
It would be recalled that a total of 1,015,504 results out of the 1.5 million that registered were released on April 16, 2014, Wednesday: 990,179 - PPT, and 25,325 - DBT.
JAMB reminded that candidates are to check their results on-line via the board's website, on using their registration numbers.