Following the resit of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), over 200,000 additional candidates surpassed the 200-mark average.

The resit was organized after JAMB identified both technical glitches and human errors that affected the integrity of the original exam.

According to the revised results released on Sunday, 1,365,479 candidates representing 70.7% of the total 1.9 million examinees still scored below 200, despite the improvements recorded after the resit.

Initially, in the results released on May 9, 2025, over 1.5 million candidates had scored below the 200 mark out of 400, sparking widespread concern nationwide.

Under mounting pressure, JAMB investigated and found that system failures had significantly contributed to the poor performance, prompting the board to schedule a resit for 379,000 candidates in Lagos and the South-East.

The new results revealed that many candidates who initially scored below average improved significantly, bringing the number of those scoring below 200 down by about 200,000.

JAMB reported that performance has improved compared to previous years since the adoption of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) in 2013.

A total of 1,931,467 results were released in 2025, reflecting full participation an increase from 1,842,364 results in 2024, indicating a steady rise in UTME enrollment.

In comparison, just 0.46% of candidates scored 300 and above in 2024, while 0.35% did so in 2023.

Earlier years had even lower figures, with only 724 candidates reaching that benchmark in 2021 and none in 2013 and 2014.

In the 250+ category, 117,373 candidates (6.08%) reached that level in 2025 up from 77,070 (4.18%) in 2024 and 56,736 (3.73%) in 2023.

Additionally, the number of candidates scoring 200 and above rose to 565,988 (29.3%) in 2025, compared to 439,961 (24%) in 2024 and 355,689 (23.36%) in 2023.

Despite these improvements, the majority of candidates in 2025 1,365,479 (70.7%) still scored below the 200 mark. However, this marks a slight improvement from 76% in 2024 and 76.64% in 2023.

Yearly comparisons show notable shifts in performance over time.

For instance, in 2021, only 168,650 candidates (13%) scored 200 and above, while in 2016, as many as 568,847 candidates (34%) achieved that score or higher.

There has been a steady increase in the number of high scorers in recent years, pointing to a trend of academic improvement and growing familiarity with the “CBT system.” Since the introduction of CBT in 2013, JAMB has consistently refined its examination procedures, and the 2025 results appear to highlight the positive outcomes of these efforts.

JAMB is expected to provide further updates on the implications of this year’s results for the “tertiary admissions process.”

JAMB recently released the results of the resit examination conducted for candidates affected by technical issues during the 2025 UTME.

The initial set of UTME results was made public on May 9. However, on May 14, JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, revealed that the results of 379,997 candidates from 157 centres in Lagos and the South-East had been compromised due to a “technical glitch.”

The registrar confirmed that the affected candidates would need to retake the exam. He explained that the issue stemmed from faulty server updates, uwhich disrupted the proper upload of candidates’ responses during the first three days of the examination.

JAMB has also released results for over 41,000 under-16 candidates and the 379,775 candidates who sat for the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in the South-East and certain centres in Lagos.

In an official statement on Sunday, the Board announced:

“The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of the recently conducted 2025 UTME resit examination for candidates at centres impacted by the unfortunate incident.”

The Board added “While this situation is unfortunate, it has also revealed numerous alarming practices perpetrated by candidates, certain Proprietors of Schools/Computer-Based Test centres, which have exacerbated examination irregularities.”

Regarding the underage candidates, JAMB stated “As part of the healing process, the meeting resolved that the withheld results of the underage candidates (except where litigation is involved) who performed below the established standards be released. Such result does not, however, qualify them for admission, as they had previously signed an undertaking during the registration process acknowledging that only those who meet the prescribed standards would be considered for under-aged special admission.”

With the release of the resit results, the number of candidates who scored below 200 in the 2025 UTME has decreased to 1.3 million, from the earlier 1.5 million. The total number of candidates scoring 200 and above now stands at 565,988.

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