Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the Spokesperson of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed that the results of 379,000 candidates who sat for the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be released on Wednesday, May 21.
Recall that no fewer than 379,997 sat for the resit of the national examination between Friday and Monday following widespread complaints of technical and human errors during the initial UTME exam.
Earlier the Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede publicly accepted responsibility and even broke down in tears while announcing a makeup exam for the 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, fueling concern over the fairness and credibility of the exam.
Confirming the release of the much-anticipated result, Benjamin said, “The results of the candidates who took the rescheduled exam will be released on Wednesday”.
