UTME 2020: List of top 5 states with examination malpractice in Nigeria
- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released an abridged list of states with malpractice in the 2020 UTME
- Imo state topped the list with 27 candidates while Anambra occupied the second spot with 16 candidates
- Enugu, Kaduna, and Kano states have 15 candidates each on the list
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released an abridged list of states with examination malpractice in the 2020 United Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said some of the 195 candidates on the list have already been arraigned, The Nation reports.
He, however, noted that the coronavirus pandemic has interrupted the process.
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Legit.ng gathers that offences committed by the candidates include examination by proxy, double registration, attempt to cheat, connivance to cheat, unruly behaviour, and smuggling of electronic device into examination hall.
Below are the top five states on the JAMB's examination malpractice list
1. Imo state (27 candidates)
2. Anambra state (16 candidates)
3. Enugu (15 candidates)
4. Kaduna (15 candidates)
5. Kano (15 candidates)
Others on the bottom of the list are:
6. Lagos - (Nine candidates)
7. FCT - (Three states)
8. Kogi state - Two candidates
9. Delta state - Two candidates
10. Benue state - Two candidates
11. Adamawa state - One candidate
12. Gombe state - One candidate
13. Sokoto state - One candidate
14. Yobe state - One candidate
The five states not on the list are:
1. Kebbi
2. Niger
3. Taraba
4. Bayelsa
5. Zamfara
According to the JAMB's spokesman, a total of 1,945,983 million candidates sat for the examination in March.
The board noted that examination malpractices declined in 2020.
Also, of nine CBT centres de-listed by JAMB during the 2020 UTME, only one, MS World ICT Institute of Information Technology, Kano, was delisted for “connivance with candidates to cheat”. Others were delisted for technical deficiency.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that JAMB said it would release the cut-off marks for the 2020 admission year after a stakeholders meeting scheduled to be held on June 15 and 16, 2020.
The spokesperson for JAMB made the statement on Sunday, April 5, when dismissing reports circulating on social media claiming that admission cut-off marks had been released.
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