Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination Board (JAMB) has said that the results of the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have been released, even as 111,981 results are still undergoing further screening.
A press release issued by the JAMB’s Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, indicated that more than one and half million results have been released after a meticulous screening.
According to the release, out of the results yet to be released, 350 are the results of the blind candidates which would soon be released.
It added that the figure above excludes foreign candidates whose examination will be conducted in April, this year.
“After viewing all CCTV footage during the conduct of the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and considering reports from our supervisors, monitors and other independent Nigerians who took interest in promoting the quality of public examination in Nigeria, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of 1,502,978 who sat for the 2018 UTME.
“A total of 1,652,825 candidates had registered for the 2018 UTME,” the statement read in part.
