The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced that the result slips for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination are now available for printing.
Naturenex reports that the Board made this known in a statement on Monday, signed by its Head of Public Relations, Fabian Benjamin.
Benjamin said the slips, which feature the candidates’ photographs and advanced security features, can be printed from approved Computer-Based Test centres starting Monday, 22 July 2024.
He further advised candidates to follow approved channels for printing to “avoid falling victim to fraudulent activities, such as attempted score inflation, perpetrated by individuals seeking to exploit this process.”
The statement read, “Please note that result slips cannot be printed from cyber cafes or other internet-enabled platforms.
“It is important to note that candidates’ scores were previously released via the Board’s sort codes, so this physical copy serves as a secure and verifiable record of their results.”
JAMB Exposes How Some Nigerian Universities Give Admission To 10-Year-Olds
Meanwhile, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has brought to light a significant scandal involving the admission of underage candidates to tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
During a policy meeting of JAMB in Abuja, Professor Oloyede disclosed that certain universities have been admitting students as young as 10 years, in blatant disregard of the legal age limit of 18.
provided examples of universities, including UNILAG and OAU, which have established a minimum age requirement of 16 years for admission.
Furthermore, Oloyede recounted an incident where a candidate applied for a master’s degree at a university in Germany, only to be revealed as having graduated from a Nigerian university at the tender age of 15.
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