The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board announced the top performers in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination at their ongoing policy meeting.
This was revealed at the ongoing 2024 policy meeting by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday in Abuja.
According to The PUNCH, Olowu Joseph from Ondo State, Alayande David from Oyo State, and Orukpe Joel from Edo State tied for the highest score, achieving an impressive 367 points.
The board’s registrar, Oloyede, reiterated that JAMB views the UTME as a ranking examination, considering other factors beyond the scores to determine the minimum admissible score for tertiary institution admissions.
Recall that Ejikeme Mmesoma, a 19-year-old student, claimed to score 362 as against her actual score of 249 in the 2023 UTME JAMB portal.
“It is common knowledge that the Board has, at various fora, restated its unwillingness to publish the names of its best-performing candidates, as it considers its UTME as only a ranking examination on account of the other parameters that would constitute what would later be considered the minimum admissible score for candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions,” Oloyede said.
