By Ifeoluwa Odunayo
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has recorded its highest-ever registration for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with 2,030,627 candidates set to sit for the exam.
JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, confirmed the figures in Abuja, noting that this surpasses last year’s 1.9 million registrations.
Among the applicants, 41,026 are below the age of 16. The examination will commence on April 25 across 700 computer-based test centers nationwide, while over 200,000 candidates will take an optional mock exam on April 5.
JAMB officially closed registration on March 8, with these figures excluding foreign candidates taking the UTME abroad.
