The Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled for another Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination for 379,997 candidates in the five states of the South East and Lagos.
Its Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede gave the hint at a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja.
Oloyede assured that the affected candidates would start getting text messages from the Board next Thursday.
He added: “The affected candidates will start getting text messages for reschedule starting from tomorrow. I apologise, I take full responsibility.”
TheHintsNews reports that out of the 1.9 million candidates who sat the UTME, over 1.5 million reportedly scored below 200 out of the maximum 400 marks, raising concerns across the education sector.
Checks revealed that a total of 1,955,069 results were processed, out of which only 4,756 candidates (0.24 per cent) scored 320 and above, considered top-tier performance.
Also, 7,658 candidates (0.39 per cent) scored between 300 and 319, bringing the total for those who scored 300 and above to 12,414 candidates (0.63 per cent).
Similarly, 73,441 candidates (3.76 per cent) scored between 250 and 299 while 334,560 candidates (17.11 per cent) scored between 200 and 249.
In addition, a total of 983,187 candidates (50.29 per cent) scored between 160 and 199, which is widely regarded as the minimum threshold for admissions in many ins
titutions.