JAMB Result: 15-year-old boy Ekene Franklin scores highest in 2019 UTME

A 15-year-old boy identified as Ekene Franklin has been revealed as scoring the highest in the 2019 JAMB Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME).

This is coming after the results for the exam were finally released by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) today, weeks after the conclusion of the exam.

Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the registrar of JAMB while making the announcement in Abuja, disclosed that out of 1,792,719 students that sat for the exam, 34,120 candidates had their results withheld for examination.

Ekene Franklin, a candidate from Abia state who sat for the exam, went on to score 347 marks, which turned out to be the highest score recorded in this year’s exercise.

Following closely behind Franklin, another 16-year-old candidate from Abia state identified as Igban Emmanuel Chidibube scored 346 marks while Oluwo Isaac Olamilekan Oloyode, a 17-year-old from Osun state came up in third place with a total test score of 345.

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The registrar of the examination body said that in all, 2,906 candidates scored above 300 as against the 4,683 that was recorded in 2018.
He further made it known that 57, 579 candidates that sat for the exam, scored between 250 and 299 which was also different from 64,120 that was recorded in 2018.

Oloyede said that 366,757 candidates in this year’s exam scored between 200 and 249, which is an improvement from what was obtained in the past year.

Meanwhile, it was previously gathered that the JAMB registrar during a media briefing in Abuja disclosed that the best candidate may not be admitted into his university of choice.

He said that Franklin’s age may serve as a hindrance for him to be admitted into the University of Lagos (UNILAG), which he chose as his first choice.

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