The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)has described as worrisome the multiple cases of unverified candidates in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)
in spite of measures put in place to checkmate the phenomenon.Consequently, the Board has put in place adequate machinery in motion to carry out thorough investigation with a view to unravelling the circumstances preventing candidates, who were captured successfully during registration but failed during the verification exercise.
The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, in a statement underscored the importance of biometric verification stating that it remains the only cost- effective check against impersonation.
The Registrar pointed out that the Board had invested heavily in the purchase of state-of-the-art verification equipment to ensure reduction in the incidence of cases of biometric failures. He also noted that at the completion of registration, candidates are expected to authenticate their verification status by using their fingerprints to print their registration slip.
The Registrar recalled that only 373 candidates were clearly certified to be unverifiable and were consequently exempted from biometric verification during the examination. “The Board finds it strange to still have cases of unverified candidates.
The first thing that comes to mind when a candidate fails biometric screening after recording success during registration and was able to print his notification slip afterwards is that this might likely be a case of impersonation.”Unfortunately, we have candidates, who fall within that category despite being successfully captured ab initio.”
The Registrar, therefore, reiterated the determination of the Board to unravel the mystery surrounding the issue.
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