No fewer than 22,537,451 candidates registered for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry between 2015 and 2026, a report by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has revealed.
Figures released by the board and obtained by our correspondent on Saturday indicated that the statistics were compiled while the 2026 DE registration exercise was still ongoing.
According to the data, UTME accounted for the highest number of registrations during the period, recording about 21.26 million candidates, while approximately 1.28 million applicants registered through DE.
The board’s records showed that 1,644,072 candidates registered in 2015, comprising 1,475,600 UTME candidates and 168,472 DE applicants.
In 2016, registrations increased to 1,764,859, with 1,592,462 candidates for UTME and 172,397 for DE.
