JAMB halts USSD Codes to check UTME results, directs candidates to visit Web site

*Nigeria’s Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board urges the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates to check their exam results from the Board’s Web site because doing so with USSD Code 55019 is suspended due to technical challenges

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

Due to some technical challenges, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code to check the results of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) it released recently.

Dr. Fabian Benjamin, Media Officer of JAMB, who said this in a statement Saturday, June 26, 2021, explained that the announcement was prompted by challenges being experienced with the use of the USSD 55019 Code by the examination candidates.

JAMB Results online portal 

Benjamin said accordingly, all candidates are now expected to visit JAMB’s Web site to access their results.

JAMB stated: “It has come to the attention of the Board that the result checking on USSD code 55019 is saddled with some challenges.

“Consequently, the Board hereby directs all candidates to visit the JAMB portal to check for their 2021 UTME results.

“Each candidate is to follow these simple steps; Visit https://www.jamb.gov.ng.

“On the menu bar, click on e-facility; on the page that shows up, click on UTME 2021 Main Results Notification Slip; enter your registration number and click the button Check My Result.”

The statement further explained that “candidates can check their results from anywhere there is Internet access, checking by USSD code 55019 is suspended,” it stated.

Recall JAMB Friday, June 25, 2021, released the results of candidates who sat the UTME in over 720 Computer-Based Test  (CBT) centres for the exams conducted between Saturday, 19th and Tuesday, 22 June.

The Board, however, withheld some results over suspected misconduct.

JAMB noted that it would not hesitate to withdraw the results of any candidates found culpable after concluding its investigations.