The supreme-performing candidates within the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination occupy emerged amid the 2024 divulge.
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) began the the same divulge in 2024. It would possibly perhaps well perhaps perhaps rob position between February 19 to 29.
Throughout the divulge, the minister of training, Prof. Tahir Mamman, lamented the high underage degree in Nigerian increased institutions.
He additionally disclosed that a knowing is underway to evaluate and impose an 18-year minimal age for admission seekers.
Meanwhile, the listing of finest-performing candidates within the 2023 examination change into as soon as shared by StatiSense in a tweet on Saturday, April 27. The tweet indicated the rankings of the candidates and the states in which they wrote the examination.
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Under is the listing:
S/N | Candidate’s Name | Ratings | States |
1 | Umeh Nkechinyere | 360 | OGUN |
2 | Aguele Osezuha: | 358 | EDO |
3 | Ositade Anthony | 358 | OGUN |
4 | Gbolahan Ayinde | 357 | OGUN |
5 | John Ibhanfiodon | 356 | LAGOS |
6 | Duruji Ugonna | 355 | OGUN |
7 | Adesanya Oluwajomiloju | 355 | OGUN |
8 | Shittu Adedunni | 355 | OGUN |
9 | Afenisumen Oluwagbemisoke | 355 | OGUN |
10 | Adetunji Adewale | 355 | OYO |
11 | Ofonime Idongesit | 355 | RIVERS |
12 | Imoukhuede Onayeme | 355 | OGUN |
What is the age to write down JAMB, UTME?
Mamman maintained that the ages of a few the UTME candidates were too young to cherish what the rudiment of tertiary establishment change into as soon as all about.
The minister’s assertion reads in fragment:
“We’re going to switch searching out for to seek out at that. 18 is the entry age for university, but you are going to look students 15 and 16 going to the examination. It’s now not lawful for us. Folk need to be encouraged now not to push their wards or childhood too significant.”
Gaze the tweet right here:
Source: Business City