JAMB has verified that out of 1,842,464 candidates who took the 2024 UTME, 1,402,490 failed to achieve a score of 200 out of 400 marks. The board released the results on Monday, revealing that 78% of candidates did not reach half of the possible marks.
According to JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, 8,401 candidates scored 300 and above, 77,070 scored 250 and above, and 439,974 scored 200 and above, while 1,402,490 scored below 200. Oloyede also mentioned that the results of 64,624 candidates out of the 1,904,189 who sat for the exam were withheld pending investigation.
