JAMB releases 3,921 additional exam results, reschedules exams

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday announced that the 2024 Direct Entry (DE) registration will now close on Monday, June 17, 2024.

To accommodate the increased number of potential DE candidates, JAMB has expanded DE registration points beyond Professional Registration Centers (PRCs) in states experiencing high demand.

This decision comes in response to numerous requests and requests from stakeholders and authorities over the past month for an extension.

JAMB spokesman Fabian Benjamin in a statement on Sunday listed the centers in the affected states as follows, Lagos State, JAMB RPC, Ojora Road, Ikoyi Lagos; JAMB PRC, Isheri Road, Ogba, ETC Nig. JKK Ikorodu House, Road, Ilupeju.

Oyo State: JAMB PTC, JAMB Zonal Office, Agodi GRA, Ibadan; FCE Special, CBT Centre, Oyo and JAMB PTC, Igboho.

For Kwara State: JAMB PTC, National Headquarters Annex, Old Jebba Road, Ilorin, Kwara State and University of Ilorin CBT Centre, Mini Campus.

Osun State has JAMB PTC, Alekuwodo; OSPDC, Oroki Estate, Ilobu Road, Osogbo, Osun State and JAMB PTC, Gbongon.

The board has urged all eligible candidates to take this opportunity to register as no further extension will be granted, saying the previously announced criteria for DE registration remains unchanged.

On the Kwasu Diploma, the Council said: “After high stakes with the Principal Officers of the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) and the Kwara State University (KWASU), on the program of degree CAILS-KWASU, the Board has agreed to conduct a special registration exercise for the 3,633 prospective candidates, who did not sit for the 2024 UTME, on the assumption that they will be accommodated in the 2024 DE exercise.

“Therefore, these candidates must register at any of the approved CBT centers in Kwara, Oyo or Osun State within the next week (ends Monday, June 10, 2024) to register for UTME.

“Another 469 of this category of UTME candidates who have already taken the 2024 UTME do not need to take the exam again. The one they already took is enough”

This concession is to ensure that while standards are maintained, efforts are made to support and promote the aspirations of qualified and willing candidates, even if it requires bending over backwards.

The Board also announced that a supplementary UTME 2024 has been scheduled for Saturday, June 22, 2024 for the following candidates: CAILS-KWASU candidates mentioned above; some (20,550) of the candidates whose results are so far under investigation; 2,702 candidates whose fingers could not be verified and benefit of doubt to sit for UTME 2024.

JAMB added: “The other 322 candidates were migrated to the examination misconduct category as it was prima facie established that those who registered were not those who appeared for the examination. As a result, the number of examination irregularities increased from 322 to 43.”

Similarly, as the Board reviewed the process and conduct of the 2024 UTME in some centers where there is strong evidence of substantial non-compliance with the Board’s standards, it rescheduled a re-run for 24,535 candidates in the selected examination cities on Saturday, June 22. , 2024.

However, the statement added that 3,921 outstanding 2024 UTME results that were cleared have now been released.

He urged concerned candidates to check their results by texting RESULT to 55019 or 66019 to check their status as those cleared will have their results while those rescheduled will be told they have been rescheduled.

“Rescheduled candidates must print their supplementary examination notification form from Tuesday, June 4, 2024 to check their designated examination centres.

“This release brings the total published results to 1,883,350. The rescheduled exam, which takes place on Saturday, June 22, 2024, two weeks from now, will give affected candidates ample time to prepare for the exercise.

“This notification does not pertain to candidates whose results have been released. Candidates with prima facie cases of examination misconduct will be questioned further to establish their guilt, after which appropriate measures will be taken and announced,” the statement added.