Admission scrutiny panel for underage candidates unveiled by JAMB

A committee to oversee the process of admissions for underage candidates has been unveiled by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The unveiling was disclosed on Wednesday by JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during the inaugural meeting of the committee members in Bwari, FCT.

Oloyede revealed that the committee would decide the modalities for determining `specially gifted candidates’.

”These are the 599 underage candidates who scored 320 and above in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

”The committee will decide on the dates, what to do and set up who to pick at the end. They will pick candidates that are exceptionally brilliant to be admitted into tertiary schools in order to encourage them,’’ he shared.

Oloyede added that the committee meeting had the virtual presence of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian universities, regulatory agencies, some critical stakeholders and experts in education.

He said that between the time being and September, those who would scale the hurdle from the 599 candidates would be announced.

“Their school certificates will be weighed, which means they must have scored 80 per cent, and for the post-UTME, the institution will submit the scores of the candidates, latest by September 16.

“Any candidate who scores below 80 in the post-UTME is already out of it.

“We know that 16 years is the minimum for admissions, but we should be able to pick one or two that are very brilliant to encourage them.”