JAMB 2016 – ZONE-BY-ZONE RANKING

   
JAMB 2016 – Zone-by-Zone Ranking

According to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) was conducted from Saturday, February 27 to Wednesday, March 23, 2016 with 1,592,305 registered candidates.

The examination was conducted throughout Nigeria and eight foreign centres, namely:

1. Benin Republic
2. Cameroon,
3. Côte d’Ivoire,
4. Ethiopia,
5. Ghana,
6. Saudi Arabia,
7. South Africa, and
8. United Kingdom

Plans for admission into tertiary institutions are ongoing.

However, nobody has ever published a report that shows how the six zones of Nigeria stand in this annual examination into Nigerian higher institutions. What the media usually publish are highlights of the top states and least states as regards number of candidates and similar information.

While filling the JAMB form, each candidate enters his or her state of origin, irrespective of state of residence. This helps JAMB to know how many people from each state registered for the exam, and which state is improving or decreasing or even stagnant in this annual examination that determines those who get admitted into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.

The zonal breakdown is as follows in alphabetical order:

Northcentral = 6 states plus Abuja FCT
S/n State No. of candidates

1. Benue 60,160
2. Kogi 57,694
3. Kwara 54,606
4. Nasarawa 18,231
5. Niger 18,231
6. Plateau 34,469
7. Abuja FCT 4,087

Total.     259,846

Northeast = 6 states
S/n State No. of candidates
1. Adamawa 15,615
2. Bauchi 19,462
3. Borno 15,697
4. Gombe 19,729
5. Taraba 15,672
6. Yobe 10,045

Total.   96,220

Northwest = 7 states
S/n State No. of candidates

1. Jigawa12,664
2. Kaduna 54,227
3. Kano 48,579
4. Katsina 23,522
5. Kebbi 8,947
6. Sokoto10,006
7. Zamfara 5,295

Total 163,240

Southeast = 5 states
S/nStatesNo of candidates

1. Abia 51,619
2. Anambra 77,694
3. Ebonyi 32,806
4. Enugu 69,381
5. Imo 104,383

Total335,883

Southsouth = 6 states
S/nStatesNo. of candidates

1. Akwa Ibom 62,369
2. Bayelsa 21,208
3. Cross River 29,763
4. Delta 78,854
5. Edo 66,107
6. Rivers 41,331

Total299,632

Southwest = 6 states
S/nStateNo. of candidates

1. Ekiti 34,398
2. Lagos 24,160
3. Ogun 62,973
4. Ondo 54,110
5. Osun 72,752
6. Oyo 72,298

Total320,691

2016 UTME – zone-by-zone ranking
Position Zone No. of states No. of candidates

6th Northeast  96,220
5th Northwest  163,240
4th Northcentral + FCT 255,759
3rd Southsouth  299,632
2nd Southwest  320,691
1st Southeast  335,883

2016 UTME – How the states stand on number of candidates

1. Imo – 104,383
2. Delta – 78,854
3. Anambra – 77,694
4. Osun – 72,752
5. Oyo – 72,298
6. Enugu – 69,381
7. Edo – 66,107
8. Ogun – 62,973
9. Akwa Ibom –  62,369
10. Benue – 60,160
11. Kogi – 57,694
12. Kwara – 54,606
13. Kaduna – 54,227
14. Ondo – 54,110
15. Abia – 51,619
16. Kano – 48,579
17. Rivers – 41,331
18. Plateau – 34,469
19. Ekiti – 34,398
20. Ebonyi – 32,806
21. Nasarawa – 30,599
22. Cross River – 29,763
23. Lagos – 24,160
24. Katsina – 23,522
25. Bayelsa – 21,208
26. Gombe – 19,729
27. Bauchi – 19,462
28. Niger – 18,231
29. Borno – 15,697
30. Taraba – 15,672
31. Adamawa – 15,615
32. Jigawa – 12,664
33. Yobe – 10,045
34. Sokoto – 10,006
35. Kebbi – 8,947
36. Zamfara – 5,295
37. FCT – 4,087 * (not a state)

Source of data used for the breakdown: JAMB