The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of an additional 531 results from the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), bringing the total number of released results to 1,842,897.
News About Nigeria reports that the development was disclosed by Dr. Fabian Benjamin, Public Communication Advisor of the Board, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to Dr. Benjamin, the board is currently screening over 64,000 results that were initially withheld due to suspected examination misconduct. He noted that the board is also examining cases involving candidates whose identities could not be verified and will soon make a decision on the matter.
Dr. Benjamin addressed certain misleading reports claiming that a non-participant in the board’s 2024 UTME had received scores. He labelled these claims as false, harmful, and a deliberate effort to damage the board’s reputation.
He urged the public to ignore these misleading publications, stating that the report containing such a serious accusation lacks any specific details of the candidate for verification.
He said, “In the course of the exercise, other cases of examination misconduct were also established to make a tally of 92 from the 81 initially discovered,“he said.
“The Board is not surprised as this is the season of mischief makers, who would want to deceive gullible candidates.
“The examination template of the board is designed with the highest sense of responsibility and is not an allocation platform where scores are doled out to candidates.
“It is most unfortunate that anybody could even believe such narration or that the story could even gain traction given the board’s integrity.
“This again has gone to further vindicate the board’s stance that candidates should desist from disclosing their classified details to third-parties,” he said.
The board plans to incorporate additional security features such as registration numbers into the existing UTME result-checking process to prevent unauthorized alterations. Candidates are advised to keep their personal details confidential and warned that associating with any deceitful parties will result in being treated as accomplices.
The official method for checking 2024 UTME results is by sending UTMERESULT to either 55019 or 66019.
Dr. Benjamin said that this is the only official method, and results are currently not available on the board’s website.
