The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said candidates who took part in 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will receive their result on their mobile phones.
Meanwhile, the board also cautioned candidates to beware of the fraudulent activities of some desperate people that are swindling candidates for scores, adding that the examination results were still undergoing screening for malpractices and would be released any time “next week.”
The Board said it recently uncovered the activities of fraudsters being coordinated from a town called Igarra in Edo State with affiliates in Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Abia, Anambra and Plateau states, circulating fake notice of impending reduction of UTME scores.
JAMB spokesman Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement released in Abuja on Monday, said the intention of fraudsters was to extort and defraud desperate parents and candidates that would fall to their tricks.
He appealed to candidates to exercise patience and to avoid falling prey to the tricks of fraudsters who make some unrealistic promises, particularly in regards to the upgrade of scores.
He said, “We are working round the clock to ensure the release of UTME results. Most likely, it will be at the upper week. We will use this week to conclude on screening of the results.
“Some stories flying around about how to check UTME results and others are all lies. We have not released any results. As soon as we release results, we will announce to candidates and also explain the process of checking such results. We have simplified the process. Candidates will use their phones. They don’t need to go to any cyber café or internet provider.
“So, candidates should disregard the processes of checking results being peddled around presently. We also did not deduct 100 marks for examination malpractices. If any candidate is found to have indulged in malpractices, such results will be cancelled, not by deduction of marks.”
“I repeat that candidates will check their examination results from their phones; not from any cyber café. But the full process will be announced to the candidates as soon as the results are released.”