UTME: FG Admits Only 108 Underage Candidates Out Of 39,000

The federal government has disclosed that 38,892 underage candidates who sat the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) failed to meet the requirements for admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions, leaving only 108 candidates out of about 39,000 to scale the screening process.

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, stated this in Abuja on Wednesday while receiving the two highest-scoring candidates and six other outstanding underage candidates in the 2026 UTME, presented by the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Segun Aina.

He said the successful candidates emerged after a stringent selection process that required them...