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JUST IN: Over 1.5 million candidates score below 200 in UTME – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the official statistics for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), revealing a significant performance gap among candidates.
Out of a total of 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the examination, only 420,415 managed to score above 200. This means that over 1.5 million candidates scored below the 200 mark traditionally considered the benchmark for university admission into many Nigerian institutions.
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Further breakdown of the results shows that:
Only 4,756 candidates scored above 320,
7,658 candidates scored between 300 and 319.
In the statement accompanying the data, JAMB said “40,247 underage candidates were permitted to demonstrate their exceptional abilities. However, only 467 of these candidates (1.16%) achieved scores that meet the threshold for exceptional ability as defined for the UTME, with their performance in the subsequent three stages still pending.”
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