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On Saturday, Adamu Adamu, the minister of education, expressed his pleasure with the way the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination was handled.
Adamu, who together with Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board's registrar, oversaw the exam at the Computer Based Test Centre in Mambilla Barracks, Asokoro, Abuja, expressed satisfaction with how well it went.
Adamu said to the journalists at the center, "I am really pleased with what I have observed. I believe everything is in order with regard to the (temporary) holding room (for candidates) and the setup where they are taking the test.
"Everything's OK, have you noticed any issues? Perhaps the holding room should have a class; I believe it is the only change they can make.
In the meantime, around 80,000 candidates who could not sit for the 2023 UTME within their allocated period due to no fault of their own, sat for the rescheduled UTME across the country, according to JAMB's Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin.
The candidates affected, according to the JAMB spokesman, include those who were validated at their centers but were unable to take the exam, those who were unable to be confirmed using biometrics, and those whose data did not match.
The exam, according to him, had the fewest reported incidents of infractions due to the use of innovations in its administration.
"In this year's UTME, the issue of examination malpractices was reduced to almost zero level," Benjamin claimed.
Benjamin stated that the board's administration will review the conduct of the exercise when it is through before it makes a decision on when the results of the rescheduled UTME will be issued by the examination body.
A total of 1,586,765 applicants signed up for the UTME in 2023.
