JAMB withholds 2024 UTME results of 64,624 candidates for further scrutiny

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The 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results have been released by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) as of Monday.

Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Board’s Registrar, stated this during a press briefing in Bwari, Abuja.

Highlighting the statistics, Oloyede said that out of the 1,904,189 candidates who took the exam, the results of 64,624 are currently under scrutiny and withheld by the Board pending further investigation.

He said despite a total registration count of 1,989,668, 80,810 candidates were marked absent on examination day, as indicated by the Registrar.

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“For the 2024 UTME, 1,989,668 candidates registered including those who registered at foreign centres. The Direct Entry registration is still ongoing.

“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.

“The Board is today releasing the results of 1,842,464 candidates. 64,624 results are under investigation for verification, procedural investigation of candidates, centre-based investigation and alleged examination misconduct.”

Oloyede also mentioned that currently, the Board is assessing nine international centers. These include Abidjan in Ivory Coast, Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, Buea in Cameroon, Cotonou in the Republic of Benin, London in the United Kingdom, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, and Johannesburg in South Africa.

“The essence of this foreign component of the examination is to market our institutions to the outside world as well as ensure that our universities reflect the universality of academic traditions, among others. The Board is, currently, fine-tuning arrangements for the conduct of the 2024 UTME in these foreign centres.”