Only 108 of 39,000 under-16 UTME candidates meet admission bar: what it means
Just 108 under-16 candidates in the 2026 UTME cleared every 80% hurdle for early admission, the education minister says. How the route works, and what families should know.
Only 108 of about 39,000 candidates aged under 16 who sat the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have met the conditions to be considered for early university admission, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, said in Abuja on Wednesday, 21 October 2026. The figures were given at a ceremony where Alausa and the Registrar of the Joint Admissions…