JAMB releases UTME results, says 47 candidates scored above 250 points.

THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Thrusday, said only 47 candidates scored 250 and above in the Paper Pencil Test (PPT) and Dual Based Test (DBT) modes of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted across the country last Saturday.

The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB,Prof. Dibu Ojerinde,  stated this in Abuja, while announcing the release of the 2014 UTME results.

He said only 24 candidates scored 250 and above in the PPT while 23 candidates scored 250 and above in the DBT.

The JAMB boss while breaking down the result of her 6th edition of the UTME on the two modes, Ojerinde disclosed that in PPT, 275,282 candidates scored below 150, 122,157 scored 150-159; 115,456 scored 160-169, 315,401 candidates scored 170-199 while 108,488 candidates scored 200-249.

According to him, “In DBT, 2,471 candidates scored below 150, 2,830 scored 150-159, 3,808 scored 160-169; 6,678 candidates also scored between 170-199 while 1,309 candidates scored 200-249.

“A total of 990,179 candidates applied for PPT while 25,325 candidates applied for DBT which amounts to 1,015,504 applicants”.

“Please take note, the 2014 CBT exercise will take place from Saturday, 17th May, 2014 to Saturday, 31st May, 2014″, he said.

He said candidates are to check their results on-line via the Board’s website: www.jambresult.com using their registration numbers.