JAMB: 80,810 Candidates Fail to Write 2024 UTME after Registering for Exam
- JAMB has disclosed that 80,810 candidates who registered for the 2024 UTME did not show up for the exercise
- Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the registrar of the board, made the disclosure while speaking with journalists on Monday, April 29
- Oloyede's revelation followed the announcement of the 2024 UTME exercise results by the JAMB registrar on the same day
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FCT, Abuja - The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that 80,810 candidates who registered for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) did not appear for the exercise in its six days.
This was disclosed at a press conference by the registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, while announcing the release of the results of the examination in Abuja on Monday, April 29.
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Why JAMB withheld some 2024 UTME results
JAMB commenced the 2024 UTME exercise on April 19, and it lasted for six days. During the period, the examination board addressed a series of issues arising from the exercise, The Punch reported.
According to Oloyede, 64,624 results out of the 1,904,189 candidates who took the examination were withheld because the results were subjected to investigation.
The JAMB registrar further disclosed that 1,989,668 registered, and 80,810 candidates were absent. Oloyede added that only 1,904,189 candidates sat for the UTME exercise within six days of the examination.
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According to the board, the four reasons for withholding the results were verification, alleged examination misconduct, procedural investigation of candidates, and centre-based investigation.
Oloyede's statement reads in part:
“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."
JAMB: 2024 UTME candidates stranded
Legit.ng earlier reported that some UTME candidates at Al-Mizyan Schools, a CBT centre in the Ikotun area of Lagos, could not write the examination as they were scheduled for day one.
The candidates were reportedly stranded and could not participate in the examination due to technical glitches.
The centre told them to reprint their slips and that the exams would be rescheduled, but the parents said nothing had changed on their portal after reprinting.
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