The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has denied deducting marks from the scores of candidates for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
Spokesperson of the Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, who described the rumour as “devilish” urged candidates, who participated in the 2017 examinations, to disregard information being circulated on deduction of marks by the board.
“The board has not deducted any marks from any candidate and is not contemplating doing that as it is not a condition for sanction in any of the provisions of the law against malpractice.
“We call on candidates to be mindful of fraudulent characters who will send misleading information to create panic and take advantage of the situation to defraud candidates,” he said.
The board also advised candidates to disregard rumour that some people could not check their results because they owed JAMB.
“The board has also noted that some candidates who could not check their results are being told that their results are not out because they are owing JAMB some money.
“This is a lie and candidates are advised not to pay any money to anybody as their results are sent to their mails and also on our website:www.jamb.org.ng.
“Candidates are to login with their registration number or email address to print.
“The board will be concluding the 2017 examination on Saturday, May 20.
“Any candidate with any challenge should not hesitate to contact the board or check our website for information and numbers.”
