Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar, who addressed newsmen today after the 2019 result was released, disclosed that a 15-year-old boy clinched the best in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME). According to the JAMB registrar, the 15-year-old boy identified as Ekele Franklin from Imo who clinched the best result in the 2019 UTME conducted between April 11 to April 15, made University of Lagos his first choice. Oloyede who revealed that the boy scored 347 in the exam, however expressed fear that he might eventually not get the admission because he is underage.

He further revealed that one Emmanuel Chidebube, a 16-year-old boy from Abia came second with 346 score, while Isaac Olamide, a 17-year-old indigene of Osun came third with 345 score. Oloyede said 2,906 candidates scored over 300 as against 4,683 in the 2018 results. He added that 57,579 candidates scored between 250 and 299 as against 64,120 in the 2018 results.

According to him, 366,757 candidates also scored between 200 and 249, which is showed significant improvement from the 2018 results. 361,718 candidates scored between 180 and 199 as against 325,152 in 2018, while 494,484 scored between 160 and 179 as against 455,898 last year. 410,844 candidates scored between 140 and 159 as against 346,825 recorded in 2018 while also 99,463 scored between 100 and 139 as against 64,712 in 2018.

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lalasticlala, seun, mynd44, dominique

Igbo came first.

Igbo came second.

Whoever came after is irrelevant.

And please, that 15 years old guy should not be denied admission o.

I can't remember any law that bars a 15 years from getting admitted into higher institution.

Igi iwe

Abia state! That's who we are. First in education. Very intelligent. Igbo Amaka. Nigeria Amaka