The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board announced on Thursday that only 378,639 of the 1,761,338 students who took the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations scored 200 or higher.
JAMB Registrar Professor Ishaq Oloyede revealed this during the 2022 policy meeting.
While giving further statistics of the 2022 examination, Oloyede noted that 378,639 scored above 200; a total of 520,596 candidates scored 190 and above ; 704,991 scored 180 and above; 934,103 scored 170 and above; 1,192, 057 scored 160 and above.
Speaking further, Oloyede noted that the board allowed candidates with awaiting results to register for the 2022 UTME.
“JAMB allowed awaiting results candidates to register and sit for the 2022 UTME. These candidates can’t be considered for admission on awaiting result status. They must present their O’level results on the board’s portal before the commencement of admissions”.