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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that many underage candidates who registered for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will not see their scores.
According to JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during a press briefing on Friday, only candidates who attained the minimum UTME score for exceptional candidates will receive their scores, while others will see “underperformed” when they try to check their results.
Out of 41,027 underage candidates who registered for the exam, only 467 attained the minimum score, and they are being processed for the remaining three stages of assessment.
Oloyede stated that the successful candidates have been notified of their achievement, while those who did not meet the threshold will not see their scores.
Oloyede expressed concern that 50 underage candidates were implicated in a cheating syndicate scandal, where they subscribed to rogue groups to assist them in securing live question papers or boosting their scores.
He also noted that almost half of the underage candidates who claimed to be exceptional students scored less than 200 in the exam.
The JAMB boss assured that candidates who registered under the underage category did so with the assurance that they would face consequences if they did not meet the prescribed score.
The board restricted registration to candidates who met the stipulated criteria, providing an opportunity for exceptionally gifted candidates to demonstrate their abilities.
The result analysis shows that only 467 candidates scored 320 and above, including one who committed finger fraud. The majority of the candidates, 39.69 percent, scored between 160-199, while 30.69 per cent scored between 200-249.
JAMB’s decision to implement the 16-year minimum age for entry into tertiary institutions has been upheld by the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, although the proposal to raise it to 18 years from 2025 was halted.
“In compliance with regulations regarding the stipulated minimum admissible age, the Board restricted registration to candidates who meet the stipulated criteria.
“However, it provided an opportunity for acclaimed exceptionally-gifted candidates to demonstrate their abilities, provided their performance in UTME, SSCE, P-UTME and Gifted Candidate Test attests to their being exceptionally gifted.
“While we recognise that maturity is often correlated with biological age, we also acknowledge that there are exceptional cases. A total of 41,027 candidates registered under this underage category with assurance that they would face the consequences if they do not meet the prescribed score, and only 467 attained the minimum UTME score for exceptional candidates, and they are being processed for the remaining 3 stages of assessment.
“The 466 successful candidates have been notified of their achievement, while those who do not meet the threshold are notified of their inability to meet the prescribed minimum score,” he said.
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