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JAMB: Over 1.5 Million Score Below 200 in 2025 UTME

According to JAMB more than 1.5 million of the 1,955,069 candidates that sat for the examination scored below 200

Newsroom Nigeria by Newsroom Nigeria
May 5, 2025
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If statistics on the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination just released by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board is anything to go by , then it’s almost mass Failure as majority of the candidates performed very poorly.

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According to JAMB more than 1.5 million of the 1,955,069 candidates that sat for the examination scored below 200

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550,000 candidates scored below 160. Among them, 488,197 candidates (24.97%) fell within the 140–159 range, while 57,419 (2.94%) scored between 120 and 139. A total of 5,851 candidates, representing just 0.30%, scored below 120, with 2,031 scoring under 100.

In the released data only 12,414 candidates, representing a mere 0.63% of the total 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the examination, scored 300 and above — a benchmark traditionally associated with competitive university courses such as medicine, engineering, and law.

According to JAMB, another 334,560 candidates (17.11%) scored between 200 and 249, positioning them in the moderate performance bracket.

Of this group, 4,756 candidates (0.24%) scored 320 and above, while 7,658 (0.39%) scored between 300 and 319.
983,187 candidates, or 50.29%, fell within the 160–199 score range — the threshold typically considered the minimum cut-off for admission into tertiary institutions.

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