The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has released the results of its recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The board however, withheld 12,110 results for possible disciplinary action.
The Registrar of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, announced the release of the results at a news conference in Bwari, FCT, on Friday.
The Registrar said after thorough processing of answer scripts of the candidates who sat for the examination, the board discovered some forms of malpractice perpetuated during the conduct of the examination.
A total of 1,629,102 candidates applied to sit for the Pencil Paper Test (PPT), while 15,008 candidates applied for the Dual Based Test, bringing the total number of candidates to 1,644,110.
"The general performance of candidates in this year's examination shows remarkable improvement compared with last year.
"Ten candidates scored 300 marks and above, while 127,017 candidates scored between 1-159 marks.
"About 40,692 candidates' results were invalid due to either multiple shading or no shading at all. After processing all the results, the board discovered that about 47, 974 candidates were absent."
The Registrar assured the candidates that their results could be accessed on the JAMB Website: http://www.myjambresult.com using their registration numbers.
Ojerinde said that the Computer Based Test (CBT) is scheduled to take place from May 18 to June 1 and appealed to candidates to reprint their e-registration slips afresh to further ascertain their CBT centres.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has released the results of its recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The board however, withheld 12,110 results for possible disciplinary action.
The Registrar of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, announced the release of the results at a news conference in Bwari, FCT, on Friday.
The Registrar said after thorough processing of answer scripts of the candidates who sat for the examination, the board discovered some forms of malpractice perpetuated during the conduct of the examination.
A total of 1,629,102 candidates applied to sit for the Pencil Paper Test (PPT), while 15,008 candidates applied for the Dual Based Test, bringing the total number of candidates to 1,644,110.
"The general performance of candidates in this year's examination shows remarkable improvement compared with last year.
"Ten candidates scored 300 marks and above, while 127,017 candidates scored between 1-159 marks.
"About 40,692 candidates' results were invalid due to either multiple shading or no shading at all. After processing all the results, the board discovered that about 47, 974 candidates were absent."
The Registrar assured the candidates that their results could be accessed on the JAMB Website: http://www.myjambresult.com using their registration numbers.
Ojerinde said that the Computer Based Test (CBT) is scheduled to take place from May 18 to June 1 and appealed to candidates to reprint their e-registration slips afresh to further ascertain their CBT centres.
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