JAMB reveals the best 10 candidates in the 2021 UTME

JAMB has revealed the best 10 candidates in the 2021 UTME. The JAMB boss, Prof Ishaq Oloyede made this known during his presentation at the 2021 admission policy meeting that was held this week.

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According to him, Monwuba Chibuzor Chibuikem, a male, with registration number, 10054281ID, from Lagos State, topped the chart with a score of 358. He was closely followed by the duo of Qomarudeen Abdulwasiu Alabi from Osun State and Adeogun Kehinde Oreoluwa from Ogun State.

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The fourth best candidate on the list is Ajayi Eberechukwu Isaiah, a male, scored 349. He hails from Lagos.

Okarike Favour Kenneth, female, takes the fifth slot. She is from Rivers State and scored 348.

The trio of Omonona Oluwamayokun Victor; Owoeye Israel Oluwatimilehin, and Ehizogie Jeffrey Aidelogie , all scored 347. They hail from Oyo State, Ekiti and Edo States respectively

Ajeigbe Moyinoluwa Samuel, male, hails from Ekiti State. He sat the examination in Kwara State and scored 346, and is ranked 9th.

Yakubu Abdulraheem Joshua, male, from Edo State, sat the examination in the same state and scored 343 to take the 10th slot.

Five of the students who made the top 10 chose Covenant University as their first-choice institution of study.

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Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Lagos, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta,and Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka had one applicant each. It was also disclosed that all candidates that made the top 10 applied for engineering and science courses.

Just like in the previous year, the 10 candidates automatically qualify for full scholarship from MTN.

JAMB abolishes general cut-off marks, allows institutions to set their minimum cut-off marks

JAMB has abolished the idea of setting a general cut-off mark for institutions. Institutions are now allowed to  set their individual minimum benchmark for admission. This was part of the decision taken at the 2021 policy meeting which was held virtually and chaired by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu.

According to the JAMB Registrar Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, some universities such as the University of Maiduguri proposed 150, Usman Dan Fodio University Sokoto proposed 140, Pan Atlantic University proposed 210, University of Lagos 200, Lagos State University190, Covenant University190, Bayero University Kano, 180.

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In the meeting, the stakeholders also approved October 29, 2021 as the deadline for the closure of amendments for 2021 admissions.

On the deadline for the closure of admissions, the stakeholders resolved to allow the ministry to decide as they could not agree on the December 31, 2021 deadline for all public institutions and January 31st 2022 for all private institutions.

This means that schools will begin announcing their Post-UTME sales forms and screening dates soon. The time to start your preparation is now. Get the official 2021 Post-UTME Past Questions and Answers of the various schools. Click here to get yours now.

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The meeting approved that for Direct Entry, DE, the maximum score a candidate can present is 6 and the minimum is 2 or E, as required by law.

The stakeholders also exempted prison inmates, visually impaired and foreign candidates from sitting for post UTME exercise.