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By Emmanuel Adeleke
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that only 378,639 out of the 1,761,338 who sat for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) scored 200 and above.
JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this during the 2022 policy meeting in Abuja, on Thursday.
Newspeakonline had earlier reported how an Ekiti indigene scored the highest mark during the 2022 UTME examinations conducted by the board.
Giving further updates on the 2022 examination, Oloyede said that 378,639 scored above 200, while 520,596 candidates scored 190 and above. He added that 704,991 scored 180 and above; 934,103 scored 170 and above; 1,192, 057 scored 160 and above.
Oloyede further explained that the board allowed candidates with awaiting results to register for the 2022 UTME.
“ These candidates can’t be considered for admission on awaiting result status. They must present their O’level results on the board’s portal before the commencement of admissions,” he added
NABTEB no longer considered for direct entry
Meanwhile, the examination body, has said the it will no longer consider the A’level results by the National Business and Technical Education Board (NABTEB) for candidates seeking to gain direct entry (DE) admissions into tertiary institutions.
The JAMB Registrar, who stated this during the policy meeting highlighted some of the challenges faced by the board in the conduct of the 2022 UTME/ DE examination.
He noted that some of the challenges include examination malpractices, impersonation and substitution of real candidates by paid examination takers, fraudulent CBT owners who sabotage examination, parents encouraging examination malpractices, mass cheating by syndicates, prolonged investigation and prosecution.