An investigation into the dispute surrounding a student’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UMTE) results from the state of Anambra has been requested by Governor Charles Soludo.
Ejikeme Mmesoma, a student at Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, Anambra State, reportedly inflated her score in order to declare herself the top candidate for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), according to a report in Anaedoonline.
She received a N3 million scholarship for her “exploit” from Innocent Chukwuma, the founder of Innoson Motors.
Mmesoma declared herself to be the nation’s top candidate after revealing that she received a score of 362 in this year’s UTME.
The Anambra government was also planning to honour her for allegedly emerging as the top scorer.
But in a statement on Sunday Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokesperson, revealed that the student actually scored 249 in the exam.
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Benjamin said her result would be withdrawn while the pupil would face prosecution.
In a statement on Monday, Anambra State, Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, said the State government had instituted a panel of inquiry to probe the controversy.
“A panel of inquiry has been set up to work with security agents to investigate the allegation of falsification of result levelled against Mmesoma Ejikeme, who had earlier been showcased in the social media as having scored the highest.”
The commissioner described the controversy on the girl’s result as embarrassing, “especially coming at a time Governor Chukwuma Soludo is repositioning the education sector in Anambra State.”
She however hailed Nkechinyere Umeh who was declared by JAMB as the highest scorer nationwide with a cumulative mark of 360 in the 2023 UTME.As at press time, family members were grieving and not willing to talk on the ugly incident.
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