The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has begun the biometric verification of the 1.8 candidates who sat for this yearβs unified tertiary matriculation examination, it was learnt yesterday.
It was further learnt that the exercise embarked upon by the board, was responsible for the delay in releasing the UTME results conducted from April 11 to April 18.
The board has already carried out biometric verification of candidates in 31 states.