Education

174 Deeper Life School students score above 300 in 2024 UTME

No fewer than 74 students of Deeper Life High School have scored 300 and above in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The students scored between 300 and 362 marks out of a possible 400 in the recently released 2024 UTME results.

The school disclosed this via a post on its official Facebook page on Friday, May 10, 2024.

“Despite JAMB’s announcement that only around 0.5% of candidates nationwide scored 300 and above in the 2024 UTME, an astounding one hundred and seventy four (174) students of DLHS exceeded expectations with flying colors by scoring 300 and above,” Deeper Life High School wrote.

The school further revealed that the highest scorer this year, Ayeyemi Ibukunoluwa, scored 362 in the 2024 UTME.

30 Kwara school students score above 300 in 2024 UTME

Deeper Life High School produced the highest scorer for the 2023 UTME, Umeh Kamsiyochukwu, scoring 360 in the examination.

The Star recalls that JAMB released the 2024 UTME results on April 29.

The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, while announcing the release of the results, disclosed that 8,401 candidates representing 0.5 per cent scored 300 and above, while 77,070 candidates representing 4.2 per cent scored 250 and above.

Oloyede said 439,974 candidates representing 24 per cent scored 200 and above, while 1,402,490 representing 76 per cent scored below 200.

The JAMB boss revealed that 1,989,668 candidates registered for the examinations held in 118 towns in 774 Computer Based Test (CBT) centres.

Oloyede said out of the registered candidates, 1,904,109 sat for the examination while 80,810 were absent.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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