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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the board in charge of processing undergraduate admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria, announced the release of the results of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
This year, 1,586,765 candidates took the exam at 708 CBT centres across the nation, according to JAMB.
Passing the UTME greatly improves a candidate’s chances of gaining admission into tertiary institutions.
After the results are released, candidates proceed to check their scores. According to JAMB, there are two ways to check UTME results — via SMS or online. Here’s how to check your result using any of these methods.
To check your results through SMS, you need a mobile phone that carries the SIM card with which you registered for the examination.
Then text “UTMERESULT” to 55019 or 66019.
Your result will be sent to your registered phone number as a text message.
However, you may also get any of the following responses:
As of the time of writing this article, checking JAMB results online for 2023 candidates had not begun. However, below are 3 easy steps to check and download your result online.
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