Nigeria, Sept. 24 -- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has listed 23 universities that failed to submit the Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) screening scores of underage candidates by the 15 September deadline.

JAMB, in a statement on Friday signed by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, said the failure of these institutions to meet the deadline was delaying the final assessment of the candidates.

Although the official age of admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions is 16, provisions exist for underage but exceptionally gifted candidates.

Out of the 41,027 who applied through this category in 2025, only 599 passed the first stage of scrutiny.

JAMB's screening criteria include a minimum ...