The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it will release the results of 379,000 candidates who sat for the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Wednesday.
The resit exam was conducted between Friday and Monday following widespread complaints of technical and human errors during the initial UTME, which significantly affected candidates’ performance, particularly in Lagos and the South-East regions.
JAMB acknowledged the system lapses that necessitated rescheduling the exam. Last week, the board’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, publicly accepted responsibility for the glitches and emotionally announced the makeup exam for 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, raising concerns about the exam’s fairness and credibility.
JAMB spokesperson Dr. Fabian Benjamin confirmed on Monday that the resit results would be released on Wednesday.
Prof. Oloyede disclosed that 379,997 candidates were affected—206,610 across 65 centres in Lagos and 173,387 in 92 centres in the South-East. He described the disruptions as an act of “sabotage” and said affected candidates were notified via SMS starting last Thursday.
Among nearly two million results processed, only 4,756 candidates (0.24%) scored 320 and above, while 7,658 candidates (0.39%) scored between 300 and 319. This brings the total number of candidates scoring 300 and above to just 12,414 (0.63%).
Further breakdown shows that 73,441 candidates (3.76%) scored between 250–299, 334,560 (17.11%) scored between 200–249, 983,187 (50.29%) scored between 160–199, 488,197 (24.97%) scored between 140–159, 57,419 (2.94%) scored between 120–139, 3,820 (0.20%) scored between 100–119, and 2,031 (0.10%) scored below 100.
The release of the resit results is eagerly awaited by candidates and stakeholders across Nigeria.
