The results of 379,000 candidates who took the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be made public by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday, May 21.
After several complaints about both technical and human mistakes in the first UTME exam, a retest was held between Friday and Monday.
According to Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, 379,997 candidates were impacted, including 206,610 in 65 Lagos centres and 173,387 in 92 South-East centres.
JAMB said the glitches necessitated rescheduling the exam, acknowledging lapses in its system.
The board’s Registrar Oloyede, publicly accepted responsibility and even broke down in tears while announcing a makeup exam for the affected candidates.
Out of the 1,955,069 candidates who took the original UTME, more than 1.5 million scored below 200 marks out of a possible 400, fueling concern over the fairness and credibility of the exam.
JAMB spokesperson Dr. Fabian Benjamin confirmed the re-sit results would be released on Wednesday.
“The results of the candidates who took the rescheduled exam will be released on Wednesday” Benjamin said.