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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

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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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