The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has directed candidates of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, to check their results through its portal, following issues faced by the use of USSD code 55019.
A statement by the spokesperson of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin on Saturday, said that USSD method had been suspended because of the challenges.
The board had on June 25, directed candidates to check their results by sending UTMERESULT to 55019 through their GSM number used to obtain profile code.
“Candidates can check their results from anywhere there is internet access, checking by USSD code 55019 is suspended.
“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 JAMB portal to check for their 2021 UTME result.
“Each candidate is to follow this simple steps: Visit https://www.jamb.gov.ng, on the menu bar, click on efacility, 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 reads.