The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday said only 378,639 of the 1,761,338 candidates, who wrote the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations scored 200 and above.

JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede,  disclosed this on Thursday during the 2022 policy meeting of the Board.

By statistics of the 2022 UTME examination, Oloyede noted that 378,639 scored above 200; a total of 520,596 candidates scored 190 and above ; 704,991 scored 180 and above; 934,103 scored 170 and above; 1,192, 057 scored 160 and above.

He also said the board allowed candidates with awaiting results to register for the 2022 UTME.

“JAMB allowed awaiting results candidates to register and sit for the 2022 UTME. These candidates can’t be considered for admission on awaiting result status. They must present their O’level results on the board’s portal before the commencement of admissions”, Oloyede added.