JAMB has released the UTME results for candidates who sat for the examination on Monday, April 20, 2026, with spokesman Fabian Benjamin saying the scores were now available through the usual checking process. The agency made the announcement on the Tuesday after the exam, extending a staggered release that has already covered candidates who wrote on April 16, 17 and 18.
Benjamin said the results for Monday, 20th, had been released and that candidates could view them using the usual process. Candidates are also being told to check by SMS through the phone number used for registration, with the keyword UTMERESULT sent to 55019 or 66019, according to a report. That means the latest batch adds to the 1,264,940 results released earlier for candidates who wrote on Friday and Saturday, and the 632,752 results released from Thursday’s examination, bringing the total released before Monday to 1,897,692.
The release matters because more than 2.2 million candidates registered for the 2026 UTME across 966 computer-based centres, and many had been waiting through a series of batch releases. JAMB said candidates who wrote on Thursday, April 16, 2026, and on April 17 and 18 had already received their results before the Monday batch was cleared. The agency has also kept back the scores of underage candidates, in line with its rule that only those who will be at least 16 years old by September 30, 2026, may register for and sit the UTME.
That policy has drawn attention because JAMB allows only a narrow exception for exceptionally gifted underage candidates, who must score at least 320 in the UTME and later reach at least 80 per cent in screening exercises, including post-UTME assessments. Some candidates have complained about delays in the release of scores and the charges they incurred while checking results repeatedly, but the agency has dismissed calls for refunds. For now, the unresolved issue is the same one JAMB has already flagged: underage candidates are still waiting, and Benjamin said those results remain unreleased.
For the rest of the field, the wait is over.
