The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said candidates who currently see “No Result Yet” while checking their UTME results are underage applicants whose results have not been released.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja.
According to the statement, Benjamin said the message does not indicate a technical error, but reflects the status of candidates who do not yet meet the eligibility requirements for admission.
“Candidates who would be at least 16 years old by Sept. 30, 2026, were eligible to register for and sit the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), except in special cases.”
Benjamin stressed that underage candidates may only be considered under an exceptional category if they demonstrated outstanding academic ability.
This, he said, included scoring 320 and above in the UTME and attaining at least 80 per cent in subsequent screening exercises.
According to him, only underage candidates who meet the 320 UTME benchmark will be shortlisted and invited for further screening.
Benjamin added that the arrangement was reached and endorsed by parents of the affected candidates.
“For now, results for underage candidates remain unreleased,” he said.
