By Charles Pemu 
JAMB to Release Results of Rescheduled UTME Wednesday
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will release the results of 379,000 candidates who sat for the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Wednesday.
The resit was conducted after technical glitches and human errors affected many candidates especially in Lagos and the South-East during the initial exam. JAMB had acknowledged the failure, with its Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, taking full responsibility.
JAMB spokesperson Dr. Fabian Benjamin confirmed on Monday that results from the makeup exam, held between Friday and Monday, will be released on Wednesday.
Of the nearly two million candidates who sat the original UTME, only 0.63% scored 300 and above. Over 1.5 million scored below 200, raising concerns about the exam’s credibility.
Prof. Oloyede had earlier stated that over 379,000 candidates were affected by the disruptions, which he described as “sabotage.