Posted on: 02:18 Sat, 27 Feb 2016



The Registrar of the Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof.
Dibu Ojerinde has stated that
candidates participating in the 2016
Computer based Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examinations, UTME,
will get their results after 30 minutes
of the examination.

Speaking to reporters ahead of the
examination, Ojerinde said that
candidates will receive a graphical
result of the test via SMS on their
mobile phone numbers which they
provided during registration.

However, the JAMB boss added that
the specific scores will be released
within the period of four days and
would be checked online.

Analyzing the statistics of UTME
registration, Ojerinde said there
had been a steady decline since
2013 when the CBT was introduced.

In 2013, about 1.7 million people
registered for UTME, in 2014, the
number fell to 1.6 million, while
about 1.4 million registered in 2015
examination.

However, this year the numbers of
candidates who registered has
increased to over 1.5 million.