The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB has cancelled registration of 817 candidates that registered for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Registrar of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, who disclosed this at a meeting with stakeholders at the Boards Headquarters in Abuja said the registrations were invalidated over identified infractions bordering on use of strange biometric fingerprints in the registration process.
The JAMB boss was however quick to add that the affected students would be given another opportunity to re-register for the exam with the centres bearing the cost.
Oloyede further spoke on the recent suspension of five CBT Centres for selling UTME registration pins above the stipulated price.
Many of the affected candidates at a virtual meeting held before the briefing admitted to the act while others claimed ignorance.
