The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results, with barely 0.4 percent scoring above 300 while 24 percent scored 200 and above.
“Out of the 1,842,464 released results, a paltry 0.4% scored above 300 while 24% scored 50% (200/400) and above.”
According to the JAMB’s Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, at a press conference in Bwari on the outskirts of Abuja today, April 29, over 1.94 million candidates registered and sat for the examination in 118 towns and over 700 centres across the country.
“Out of the 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.”
Professor Oloyede said that female candidates were higher than the males with 1,007,275 and 982,393 respectively in the examination which began on Friday the 19th of April ended on Monday the 29th of April.
“it is evident that there is a significant improvement in the enrolment of females, with over one million girls registering for the examination.
“This is the first time in three years that the number of females will be more than that of their male counterparts.
“Out of the total registration, 3,164 were persons living with disabilities.”
