The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has called on candidates who sat for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to go and check their results.
The Registrar Board, Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday.
Mr Oloyede, however, said the examination body had withheld the results of 64,624 candidates for possible infractions. He said the board was investigating the withheld results.
Mr Oloyede, said: “Out of a total of 1,989,668 registered candidates, 80,810 were absent. A total of 1,904,189 sat the UTME within the six days of the examination…”.
He said the results of total of 1,842,464 candidates have been released.
He said other results under investigation were centre-based investigations involving 57,056 candidates in 18 centres across the country.
The 18 centres listed for the investigation were 12 in Edo, three in Akwa Ibom, two in Delta, and one in Kwara State.
“The Board witnessed a near-zero infraction situation in the 2024 UTME except for a few cases, which represent just a tiny fraction of what was reported last year.
“This is encouraging, and the board is poised to consolidate on the successes recorded,” he said.
While giving analysis of the results, Oloyede said 8,401 candidates representing 0.5 per cent scored 300 and above; 77,070 candidates representing 4.2 per cent scored 250 and above.
He further said that 439,974 candidates, representing 24 per cent scored 200 and above, and 1,402,490 candidates, representing 76 per cent scored below 200
“A total of 1,989,668 candidates registered for the examination, 24.7 per cent higher than the figure for the year 2023.
“Of the 1,989,668 registered, 1,904,189 were present and verified, 2,899 were present but unverified, and 80,810 were absent.
“There is a significant improvement in the enrolment of females, with over 1 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.
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