The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified that underage candidates who score at least 80% in the UTME, post-UTME, and O-Level screening are only eligible for consideration, not automatically guaranteed admission. The clarification was made in JAMB's 'JAMB Explained' series on Thursday. Under the current policy, candidates younger than 16 by September 30 of the admission year are classified as underage and are not ordinarily considered unless they meet the exceptional-candidate provision.
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