Full List: JAMB Releases List of 2024 UTME Top Scorers, Their Scores and States of Origin
- Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has released the list of top scorers in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)
- The registrar of the board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede said three candidates scored the highest mark of 367
- According to the list, 13 UTME candidates made the top ten scorers in the entrance examination into tertiary institution
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FCT, Abuja - The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has released the list of the candidates with the highest score in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, made this known during a presentation at an ongoing admission policy meeting in Abuja on Thursday, July 18.
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According to Premium Times, Oloyede said three candidates scored the highest mark of 367 out of the attainable score of 400.
A member, editorial board of Punch, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, shared the list via her X handle (formerly known as Twitter) @DeborahToluwase
2024 UME top scorers and their scores
1. Olowu David – 367- Ondo state
2. Alayande David- 367- Oyo state
3. Orukpe Joel - 367- Edo state
4. Emmanuel Jeremiah - 366- Akwa-Ibom
5. Essiet Etini- 365 - Akwa-Ibom state
6. Ezenwoko Zara - 365 - Abia state
7. Umoh Joshua-365 - Akwa-Ibom state
8. Mamudu Abdulraham - 364- Edo state
9. Adeleke Abdulbasit- 363- Kwara state
10. Echem Victor- 363 - Rivers state
11. Etute Emmanuel- 363- Edo state
12. Jedidiah Chidiebube - 363- Imo state
13. Adesanya Oluwatimilehin - 363-Ogun state
Legit.ng recalls that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government pegged the age for admission into tertiary institutions at 18.
Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, ordered the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to ensure that only students above the age of 18 are henceforth admitted into tertiary institutions.
The minister said underage students are responsible for some of the problems in higher institutions.
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Professor Mamman said what the government did was to open up the universities, for global competitiveness.
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