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JAMB Releases 2019 UTME Results

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BEVERLY HILLS, May 12, (THEWILL) –
The Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the 2019 UTME results.

The Registrar of the board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, who made the announcement in Abuja stated that about 1,792,719 candidates sat for the exams.

He revealed that 15,145 results were withheld for further clarification while 34,120 candidates had their results withheld for examination malpractice.

He said, for the 2019 UTME, 1,886,508 candidates registered including those who registered at the foreign centres.

“Out of this number, which excludes the Direct Entry candidates, 59,667 were absent. A total of 1,826,839 sat the UTME. Today, we are releasing the results of 1,792,719 candidates,” Professor Oloyede said.

“Some 34,120 results are being withheld including the results of 15,145 candidates being further clarified as identical twins and siblings.

“It is hoped that every Nigerian will change accordingly in line with the current government mantra by also doing right things and doing things right at all times.

“At the level of JAMB, our resolve is to ensure that the admission process, right from the UTME registration is open, free, transparent and malpractice-free.

“We want to once again thank the Honorable Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, the Chairman and members of the Board, the security agencies, the management and staff of JAMB and indeed all Nigerians who contributed one way or the other to the success of the 2019 UTME.

“We can only hope that more commitment will be given by all stakeholders to ensure that the future exams will be better in all ramifications.”

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) conducted its Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations (UTME) between April 11 and 17, 2019 across the 36 states of the Federation and Abuja.

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