JAMB2024· Scholar SC033

Okonkwo David Chukwuemeka

Joint Highest — UTME 2024 (3-way tie)

The record · educational context

One of three candidates who tied for the highest score in the 2024 UTME at 367/400. The three-way tie — Olowu Joseph (Ogun), Alayande David (Oyo), and Okonkwo David (Anambra) — was unprecedented in JAMB history.

Subjects

Engineering track

Record

Exam

JAMB

Year

2024

Position

Joint Highest — UTME 2024 (3-way tie)

Score

367 / 400

Gender

School

Anambra State candidate

State

Anambra

Sources

JAMB 2024 Policy Meeting; Channels TV; Vanguard

https://www.channelstv.com/

National education context · 2024

What it took to pass that exam

The realities — political, fiscal, infrastructural — under which Nigerian candidates wrote this examination.

Federal Minister of Education

Prof. Tahir Mamman

2023–2024

Tinubu's first education minister; removed in the October 2024 reshuffle. Introduced the contested 18-year university admission age policy (later reversed).

Federal education budget

₦2.18 trillion

7.9% of total · ₦28.78 trillion federal

Student loan scheme (NELFUND) commenced. ASUU again raised salary-arrears concerns.

Source: Federal Government 2024 Appropriation Act; BudgIT 2024 Analysis

https://yourbudgit.com

State education budget · Anambra

Anambra state education budget for 2024 being compiled. Cross-reference the State Appropriation Acts.

Exam-year incidents

JAMBThree-way tie at 367/400 — Olowu Joseph (Ondo), Alayande David (Oyo), Orukpe Joel Ehijele (Edo). Only 0.46% of ~1.8 m candidates scored 300+.
Source: JAMB 2024 Policy Meeting
https://www.jamb.gov.ng
WAECTahir Mamman's 18-year university admission age policy created admissions backlog; later reversed.
Source: Premium Times 2024
https://www.premiumtimesng.com

Global body response

No documented international body response on file for this year.

Nigeria's global education ranking

Ranking record for this year being compiled.

The kids passed in spite of these realities. The record stands so that the cost of their achievement is not lost.

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Redline

Wikipedia is never a source.