The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates who sat in more than 720 CBT centres for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted between Saturday, 19th and Tuesday, 22 June 2021.
While withholding few of the results for further investigation, the Board added that it would review all the CCTV footages and other technical gadgets for detection of possible examination misconducts.
Spokesperson of the Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin who disclosed this yesterday in a statement, said candidates were advised to check their results by sending UTMERESULT to 55019 through the GSM number used to obtain profile code and UTME registration with the Board.
It added that result for subsequent days would be released daily.
The statement reads: “Each concerned candidate is advised to check his/her result by sending UTMERESULT to 55019 through the GSM number used by to obtain profile code and UTME registration with the Board and their results would be relayed to them.
“The Board notes with satisfaction that the utilisation of 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.
“In addition, the Board would not hesitate to withdraw the results of any candidate subsequently found to have committed any form of examination misconduct.