JAMB releases 1.5m UTME Results, withholds 112,331 others

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released a total of 1,502,978 results in the just conducted Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

JAMB’s Head of Information, Fabian Benjamin, said the results were released after viewing all CCTV footage during the 2018 UTME.

 He also noted that the results were released having considered reports from the body’s supervisors, monitors and other independent Nigerians who took interest in promoting the quality of public examination in Nigeria.

JAMB said a total of 1,652,825 candidates indicated interest in the examination by registering for the 2018 UTME.

He said a total of 112,331 candidates results are yet to be released out of which 350 are the results of the blind candidates which would be released soon and 111,981 results withheld for further screening.

“The figure above excludes foreign candidates whose examination would be conducted in April,” he noted in a statement.