The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has told parents of some 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates that the “No Result Yet” message appearing on the result checking portal is intentional and not a system malfunction.
Spokesperson Fabian Benjamin revealed on Tuesday that the board had received a wave of inquiries from concerned parents after their children were unable to retrieve results. Benjamin stated the status applies solely to candidates classified as underage under JAMB regulations.
Under board rules, a candidate must be at least 16 years old by 30th September 2026 to be eligible to register for and sit the UTME. Candidates who do not meet this age requirement at the point of registration are categorised as underage, and their results are withheld pending a separate review process.
“Please be informed that results for underage candidates have not been released. When such candidates attempt to check their results, the system will return the message ‘No Result Yet’,” the statement reads.
Benjamin disclosed that underage candidates are not permanently excluded from consideration. Those who score 320 and above in the examination and attain at least 80 percent in subsequent screening stages may qualify for admission under an exceptional candidates provision.
“In line with the agreement reached and endorsed by parents of these underage candidates, only those who score 320 and above will be shortlisted and invited to proceed to the next stages of the screening. Successful candidates at that stage may then be considered for admission under the exceptional candidates provision. For now, results for underage candidates remain unreleased,” Benjamin added.
Results for other candidates have been published in batches. The board released 632,752 results from Thursday’s examination, followed by 1,264,940 results covering Friday and Saturday on Sunday, bringing the total to 1,897,692 before Monday. Results for the April 20 examination were released on Tuesday.
Separately, JAMB has rejected demands for refunds from candidates who incurred charges while repeatedly checking for Friday’s results. The board maintained it made no official announcement confirming the availability of those results before Sunday.
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