JAMB Marking Scheme - How JAMB Scores UTME/DE 2024

How Is the JAMB Score Calculated (Explanation)

Are you among the candidates or persons asking the question of how the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) scores or grades its exam? On this page, you will find the right answer to that question.

Each year thousands of JAMB registered Students write Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) Exams which are conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The examination is conducted to determine the admission of students into higher institutions.

After the conduct of the year’s examination (UTME/DE), the board (JAMB) meets and deliberates on the cut-off mark for Universities, Polytechnics, and Colleges of Education. Meanwhile, some institutions require higher grades or scores from candidates (Jambites).

Before the deliberation and conclusion of each year’s Cut-Off Mark, it happens that the exams has already been marked and graded whereby some candidates do not score up to the minimum required Cut-Off Mark, thereby leaving them with no choice than to go for the institution that suits there JAMB Score, or in some cases they might not even meet up to any of the JAMB institution Cut-Off Mark.

Having this as a fact lots of JAMB candidates are curious to know about how the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) scores the UTME/DE examinations, and that prompted us to make a deep research about that and in our research conducted we got to know how JAMB or the formats JAMB uses to calculates and scores its UTME/DE exams.

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How Does JAMB Marks/Grades UTME/DE? (JAMB Marking Scheme)

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Firstly, the Use of English as a subject in UTME is compulsory, so we are going to look at how the Use of English is graded in UTME before other subjects.

1.1. JAMB Marking Scheme in Use of English in UTME

The total mark for Use of English as a compulsory subject is 100 (one hundred) marks, but the questions are 60 (sixty) in number and all Jambites or candidates no matter their proposed university courses will have to answer these 60 (sixty) questions each as set by Jamb.

SECTION A: COMPREHENSION/SUMMARY QUESTIONS

COMPREHENSION PASSAGES – 5 questions (3 marks each)
CLOZE PASSAGE/REGISTER – 10 questions (2 marks each)
READING TEXT – 10 questions (1 mark each)

SECTION B: LEXIS and STRUCTURE QUESTIONS

SENTENCE INTERPRETATION – 5 questions (2 marks each)
ANTONYMS – 5 questions (2 marks each)
SYNONYMS – 5 questions (1 mark each)
BASIC GRAMMER – 10 questions (2 marks each)

SECTION C: ORAL FORMS (TEST OF ORAL)

VOWELS – 2 questions (1 mark each)
CONSONANTS – 2 questions (1 mark each)
RHYMES – 2 questions (1 mark each)
WORD STRESS – 2 questions (1 mark each)
EMPHATIC STRESS – 2 questions (1 mark each)

Total number of Questions in UTME Use of English; Section A: 25 questions, Section B: 25 questions, and Section C: 10 questions.

Use of English Total questions = 60.

If you are asking the question of how Jamb gets 100 marks from 60 questions in UTME Use of English?

Below is a simple explanation.

1.2. Explanation of How Jamb Gets 100 Marks from 60 Questions in UTME Use of English:

Section A:
COMPREHENSION PASSAGES – 5 questions multiply by (x) 3 marks each = 15 marks

CLOZE PASSAGE/REGISTER – 10 questions multiply by (x) 2 marks each = 20 marks

READING TEXT – 10 questions multiply by (x) 1 mark each = 10 marks
Section A Total score: = 45marks

Section B:
SENTENCE INTERPRETATION – 5 questions multiply by (x) 2 marks each = 10 marks

ANTONYMS – 5 questions multiply by (x) 2 marks each = 10 marks

SYNONYMS – 5 questions multiply by (x) 1 mark each = 5 marks

BASIC GRAMMER – 10 questions multiply by (x) 2 marks each = 20 marks
Section B Total Score: = 45 marks

Section C:
VOWELS – 2 questions multiply by (x) 1 mark each = 2 marks.

CONSONANTS – 2 questions multiply by (x) 1 mark each = 2 marks.

RHYMES – 2 questions multiply by (x) 1 mark each = 2 marks.

WORD STRESS – 2 questions multiply by (x) 1 mark each = 2 marks.

EMPHATIC STRESS – 2 questions multiply by (x) 1 mark each = 2 marks.
Section C Total Score: = 10 marks

The sum of all marks in UTME Use of English; Section A: 45 marks, Section B: 45 marks, and Section C: 10 marks.

UTME Use of English Total Marks = 100.

Note: your Jamb score will be determined by the number of questions in each UTME Subject you answered correctly multiplied by each of their marks.

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The question is How does JAMB calculate and scores UTME?

Below is the answer to that question.

How JAMB Calculates and Scores UTME/DE Exams?

2.1 How Jamb Calculates Score in Use of English and Other UTME Subjects.

The total number of English questions in Jamb UTME is 60. To Calculate your Jamb Score in Use of English.

For example: Let’s say in Use of English the questions are 60 and Ada answered 40 questions correctly to calculate Ada’s score = multiply the number of correctly answered questions (40) by their various marks.

Solution:
In section A:

COMPREHENSION PASSAGES 5 questions 3 marks each, Ada answered only 1 question correctly (3 marks).

CLOZE PASSAGE 10 questions 2 marks each, Ada answered only 5 questions correctly (10 marks).

READING TEXT 10 questions 1 mark each, Ada answered only 7 questions correctly (7 marks).
Ada’s mark in Section A, 3 +10 + 7 = 20 marks

In section B:

SENTENCE INTERPRETATION 5 questions 2 marks each, Ada answered only 3 questions correctly (6 marks)

ANTONYMS 5 questions 2 marks each, Ada answered only 3 questions correctly (6 marks)

SYNONYMS 5 questions 1 mark each, Ada answered only 2 questions correctly (2 marks)

BASIC GRAMMER 10 questions 2 marks each, Ada answered only 8 questions correctly (16 marks)
Ada’s mark in Section B, 6 + 6 + 2 + 16 = 30 marks

In section C:

VOWELS 2 questions 1 mark each, Ada answered all correctly (2 marks)

CONSONANTS 2 questions 1 mark each, Ada answered all correctly (2 marks)

RHYMES 2 questions 1 mark each, Ada answered all correctly (2 marks)

WORD STRESS 2 questions 1 mark each, Ada answered all correctly (2 marks)

EMPHATIC STRESS 2 questions 1 mark each, Ada answered all correctly (2 marks)
Ada’s mark in Section C: 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 10 marks

Ada’s Total Mark in Use of English is 20 + 30 + 10 = 60 marks (sum of section A B C marks)

2.2. How Jamb Calculates Score for Other UTME Subjects.

Except for English (Use of English) in Jamb UTME which has 60 questions in number, any other UTME subject has 40 questions.

Note. Each of these questions is graded or scored 2.5 marks. Therefore 2.5 marks per question multiplied by 40 = 100marks

That is to say, the other three UTME subjects carries 300marks (40 x 2.5 + 40 x 2.5 + 40 x 2.5) = 300 marks, plus (+) English 100 marks = 400 marks

To Calculate the Score for the other three UTME Subjects.

Let’s say Ada answered 30 questions correctly in mathematics, physics, and chemistry respectively. To calculate Ada’s score in each of these UTME subjects is the same as = multiplying the number of correctly answered questions for each of the subjects (30) by their various marks (2.5).

Solution:

In MATHEMATICS 40 questions 2.5 marks each, Ada answered only 30 questions correctly (75 marks)

In PHYSICS 40 questions 2.5 marks each, Ada answered only 30 questions correctly (75 marks)

In CHEMISTRY 40 questions 2.5 marks each, Ada answered only 30 questions correctly (75 marks)
Ada’s total mark in these three UTME subjects is 75 + 75 + 75 = 225 marks.

Lastly, what will be Ada’s Jamb UTME Score?

Ada’s UTME Score = total of all the four UTME subject Marks

Use of English = 60 Marks

Mathematics = 75 Marks

Physics = 75 Marks

Chemistry = 75 Marks

UTME TOTAL SCORE = 60 + 75 + 75 + 75 = 285

Ada’s JAMB UTME Score is 285 over 400

What is JAMB?

JAMB which means Joint Admission and Matriculation Board is a Nigeria entrance examination board that conducts an entrance examination known as the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for prospective undergraduates into Nigeria Universities, polytechnics, and Colleges of Education. The board also conducts similar examinations for applicants to Nigeria’s private and public mono-technics.

The first registrar was Michael Saidu Angulu, who served from the beginning in 1978 till 1986. In August 2016 President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Ishaq Oloyede as the current registrar of JAMB. You can visit the JAMB portal at https://www.jamb.gov.ng/ for more details.

What is UTME?

UTME Simply means Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, it is designed as a computer-based examination for prospective undergraduates in Nigeria. Initially, the exam was a paper and pencil test but was changed to Computer Based Test (CBT) in 2015. UTME is designed for critical thinking, knowledge of scientific concepts, and principles significance of each subject taken.

What is JAMB Direct (DE) Entry Exam

JAMB Direct Entry (DE) is a mode of entry or gaining admission higher than 100 level in any Nigerian tertiary institutions. It gives the opportunity for candidates who meets up the requirements to gain admission into 200 level in any Nigerian tertiary institutions. Candidates who qualifies for this are said to be individuals who possesses any of the following qualifications such as; National Diploma (ND), Higher National Diploma (HND), A-Level Certificates, National Certificate in Education (NCE), Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) results, or its equivalent from known higher institutions.

What is the Allocated Time for JAMB UTME/DE?

The Allocated Time for the writing of JAMB exam is 2hrs (two hours).

The exam starts as you click on the start button and time counts from 2 hours down and the system logs off when the time elapses.

How Many Numbers of Questions are in JAMB Exam?

The number of questions in Jamb UTME is 180.

English which is a compulsory subject is 60 questions and every other subject has 40 questions each. Since you are to write only four (4) subjects that is 60 + 40 +40 +40 =180 questions

In Conclusion:

The explanation above is the complete breakdown of JAMB MARKING SCHEME which explains How JAMB calculates the scores of candidates after the UTME and Direct Entry Exams.

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JAMB Marking Scheme – How JAMB Scores UTME/DE 2024

How Does JAMB Marks/Grades UTME/DE? (JAMB Marking Scheme)

1.1. JAMB Marking Scheme in Use of English in UTME

1.2. Explanation of How Jamb Gets 100 Marks from 60 Questions in UTME Use of English: