POLY JAMB RESULTS RELEASED, withholds 11,105

THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withheld the results of 11,105 candidates who sat for the last Monotechnics, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education (MPCE) matriculation examination last weekend for alleged irregularities. Also, results of four examination centres involved in examination malpractices during the examination had been cancelled. N.B Visit www.campusflava.com for updates and information related to other schools.   The Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, disclosed at a news conference in Abuja, on Wednesday, to announce the release of the 2009 MPCE results, four days after the examination was conducted. The examination centres where results were cancelled are: 14501, Rivers State College of Education, Rumulomeri, Port Har-court; 14502 and 14503, all in the same college. The other centre is 01502, Western Ahaoda Country High School, Omoka Road, Ahaoda, Rivers State. He disclosed that the board had already sent the list to the Federal Ministry of Education for appropriate sanctions on the authorities of the schools, adding that the results withheld were also being investigated. According to the results released, a male candidate, Jideonwo Onyeka Nwachu-kwu with registration number 93579964DA, emerged the JAMB overall best candidate by scoring 268. Also, a set of twins, Obetta Solomon Chukwudi, with registration number 93266882CF and Obetta Patience Nneka, with registration number 93266539IE, emerged second and third best candidates respectively. A female candidate, Akuta Isorochi Deborah with registration number 932662CF, tied with Chukwudi, as second best candidate with 264 scores. Ojerinde disclosed that the results of 331,852 out of the 342,957 application received and processed by the JAMB, had been released and already placed on the internet.