Data emerging from the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board show that candidates who scored 200 and above in the 2022 UTME are not up to 400,000.
According to JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, only 378,639 of the 1,761,338 who sat for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations scored 200 and above.
This was disclosed by the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, during the 2022 policy meeting.
A report in ‘The Punch’ also shows that a total of 520,596 candidates scored 190 and above ; 704,991 scored 180 and above; 934,103 scored 170 and above; 1,192, 057 scored 160 and above, with Oloyede also clearing air on candidates with awaiting result status:
“JAMB allowed awaiting results candidates to register and sit 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.”
