JAMB Releases 1.8m UTME Candidates’ Results, 0.5% scores 300 above

JAMB Releases 1.8m UTME Candidates’ Results, 0.5% scores 300 above

By Our Reporter

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has released the results of 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, announced the release of the results yesterday at a press conference, held at the board’s headquarters in Bwari, Abuja.

LEADERSHIP reports that over 1.9 million candidates registered and sat for the examination in 118 towns and over 700 centres across the country.

The examination which began on Friday, April 18 ended on Monday, April 29, 2024.

Oloyede, who said the direct entry registration is still ongoing, disclosed that out of a total of 1,989,668 registered candidates, 80, 810 were absent while a total of 1, 904, 189 sat for the UTME within the six days of the examination.

“The board is today releasing the results of 1,842, 464 candidates, 64, 624 results are under investigation for reasons of: “Under investigation on verification (2, 896), procedural investigation of candidates (4, 594), centre based investigation (57, 056) in 18 centres: Edo 12; Akwa Ibom 3; Delta 2 and Kwara 1; alleged examination misconduct (78).”

Giving the analysis of the results, the JAMB Registrar said over 8,401 candidates, representing 0.5 percent scored 300 and above, 8,401, 77,070 representing 4.2 percent scored 250 and above, 439,974 representing 24 percent scored 200 and above, while 1,402, 490 representing 76 percent scored below 200.