The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Monday released the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME results.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, made the announcement in a press conference in Abjua noting that a total of 1,989,668 candidates registered for the examination, representing 24.7 per cent higher than the figure for the year 2023.
The Registrar noted that of the 1,989,668 registered, 1,904,189 were present and verified, 2,899 were present but unverified and 80,810 were absent.
The Registrar noted that of the 1,989,668 registered, 1,904,189 were present and verified, 2,899 were present but unverified and 80,810 were absent.
“Out of the 1,842,464 released results, a paltry 0.4% scored above 300 while 24% scored 50% (200/400) and above,” the JAMB chief said.
He said 1,1,402,490, which is 76 per cent of the candidates got below 200. JAMB, however, re-echoed its resolve not to publish the name of the highest-scoring candidate.
“It is common knowledge that the Board has, at various fora, restated its unwillingness to publish the names of its best-performing candidates, as it considers its UTME as only a ranking examination on account of the other parameters that would constitute what would later be considered the minimum admissible score for candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions,” Oloyede noted.
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A further breakdown of the number of candidates who sat for the examination showed that the females were more than males.
The JAMB registrar said 982,393 males representing 49.4 per cent enrolled for the 2024 UTME as against 1,007,275 females which is 50.6 per cent.
Oloyede said “it is evident that there is a significant improvement in the enrolment of females, with over one 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 persons living with disabilities.”
“There is a 36.2% increase in the enrolment of PLWDs as compared to the last year,” the JAMB boss told the gathering.
Candidates can easily check their overall Jamb score using the phone number they used to register for the examination.
Those using this process are urged to send an SMS with the phone number used to register your JAMB 55019 or 66019 to see their results.
The candidates are urged to ensure that they have a minimum airtime balance of N50 and then type ‘UTME RESULT‘ or ‘UTMERESULT‘ and send to 55019 or 66019 using the same phone number.
The candidate will immediately receive an SMS response.
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