JAMB releases 2021 UTME results, reviews CCTV footages, other gadgets

LAGOS – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Fri­day released results of candidates that sat for the Unified Tertiary Matricula­tion Examination (UTME) on Saturday, 19th and Tuesday, 22 June 2021.

Besides, the Board stated that the result for subsequent examination would be released daily.

Head of Media, Dr. Fabi­an Benjamin, in a statement directed candidates to check their results by sending UT­MERESULT to 55019 through the GSM number used by each candidate to obtain profile code and UTME registration with the board and their results would be relayed to them.

The statement reads: “The JointAdmissionsandMatricula­tion Board (JAMB) has released theresultsof candidateswhosat inmorethan720CBTcentresfor the2021UnifiedTertiaryMatric­ulationExaminationconducted betweenSaturday, 19thand Tues­day, 22 June 2021.

“Each concerned candidate is advised to check his/her re­sult by sending UTMERESULT to 55019 through the GSM num­ber used by each candidate to obtain profile code and UTME registration with the Board and their results would be relayed to them. Result for subsequent days would be released daily.

“The Board notes with sat­isfaction that the utilisation of NIN (National Identification Number) has helped in curb­ing examination malpractices as the 2021 UTME has recorded the least incidence of irregular­ities since the inception of the CBT examinations in Nigeria.

“Nevertheless, the Board would still review all the CCTV footages and other technical gadgets for detection of possi­ble examination misconducts.

“Extremely comparatively few results are being withheld for further investigation.”

The statement added, “In addition, the Board would no the state to withdraw the results of any candidate subsequently found to have committed any form of examination misconduct.”