By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that date for the release of the result of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
It stated that the results will be released on Wednesday, June 23.
The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said this on Wednesday during a news conference in Enugu.
Oloyede said as quoted by Daily Despatch, “The result ought to be out by now, but because I am not at the headquarters and I do not want to approve it while on the field.
“But as soon as I get to Abuja today all the examinations up to the one being taken today will be approved and released because we have no reason to continue to hold on to it,” he said.
He noted that JAMB registered 1,415,501 candidates in the UTME 2021 and 1,122, 095 had taken the examinations so far while 66,111 had yet to take.
According to him, the board has some 650 examination centres across the country, out of which, 30 centres have been delisted for performing below standard.
“53 centres are currently under watch while 600 of them performed excellently,” he said.
Oloyede also explained that the use of National Identity Number as directed by the federal government helped to reduce examination malpractice during the examinations.