By Ngozi Nwankwo
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME results of 1, 842, 464 candidates on Monday.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede said who disclosed this at the press conference said 1,989,668 candidates registered including those who registered at foreign centres, adding that the Direct Entry registration is still ongoing.
He said out of a total of 1,989,668 registered candidates, 80, 810 were absent. A total of 1, 904, 189 sat 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 released so far, Oloyede said out of the 1,842,464 released results, a paltry 0.4% scored above 300 while 24% scored 50% (200/400) and above.
JAMB Registrar explained that, “There is a significant improvement in the enrolment of females, with over 1 million girls registering for the examination.
“This is the first time in three years that the number of females will be more than that of their male counterparts.
“Out of the total registration, 3,164 were of persons living with disabilities. There is a 36.2 per cent increase in the enrolment of PLWDs as compared to last year.
“The Board is today releasing the results of 1, 842, 464 candidates. 64, 624 results are under investigation,” he said.
He added that the board had restricted in publishing the name of the best candidate, noting that this was to guide against Mmesomma saga in its examination in 2023.
The registrar explained that in the course of the examination, 25 sessions experienced hiccups of disrupting only 150 of the total 9, 156 sessions in 95 of the 774 centres.
He said the affected sessions were promptly rescheduled, stating that only one centre, Makama School of Technology, Old Motor Park, Along FCCE Road, Bichi, Kano State, was delisted for substandard performance.
He urged candidates to check their results starting from 7 a.m. on April 30 by sending UTMERESULT to 55019 or 66019.
Meanwhile, the Board, said at the moment, conducts examination in nine foreign centres namely: Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Buea, Cameroon; Cotonou, Republic of Benin; London, United Kingdom; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Oloyede said the essence of this foreign component of the examination is to market our institutions to the outside world as well as ensuring that our universities reflect the universality of academic traditions, among others.
“The Board is, currently, fine-tuning arrangements for the conduct of the 2024 UTME in these foreign centres,” he said.