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UNIBEN Records Mass Failure in Post-UTME

Written by Akeem Alao

Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) Prof. Lilian Salami has said that 27 per cent of candidates failed the 2020/2021 post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening.

The results was presented to the vice chancellor by Chairman of the Committee on Post-UTME, Prof. Ehimwenma Omoregie
on Monday December 14, 2020.

Omoregie explained that 19,987 candidates sat for the examination, while 14,515 (72.62 per cent) were successful.

“Out of the 802 candidates affected by the technical hitch of December 8, 99 per cent returned to re-sit the examination.

“Less than ten candidates yet to re-sit got another date through their e-mails and telephone numbers,” he said.

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Akeem Alao

Akeem Alao trained as a language teacher. He graduated from Adeniran Ogunsanya college of Education where he studied English/Yoruba Languages and Ekiti State University where he obtained a degree in English Education.

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