When A 15-Year-Old Scores 99 In UTME Math

In the heydays of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination exploits by mature students, it was a rare sight for candidates below 18 years of age attempting the exam considered an exclusive preserve for mature minds.

Even then, good scores hovered between 250 and 300 averaging between 60 and 75 per subject per candidate. 

In a very sweet surprise from this year, a 15-year-old student of Bishop Otubelu Juniorate, Trans Ekulu, Enugu, Lotanna Azuokeke, scored 99 marks in Mathematics in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

Azuokeke, 15, scored a total of 337 marks in the examination, according to a statement by Dr Chiwuike Uba, Media Adviser to the Bishop of the Diocese of Nike (Anglican Communion), the Founder of the school.

Uba said Azụokeke, a native of Ọba in the Idemmili South LGA of Anambra State, scored 88 marks in Chemistry, 86 in Physics, and 64 in the English Language.

He said: “Azụokeke broke the record set by Chidera Obi who scored 329 marks to emerge overall best, five years ago.

“Report shows that Azuokeke applied to study Electrical/Electronics Engineering at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.”

About 1,586,765 candidates sat for the exam across its 708 CBT centres in 105 examination towns in the country.