UTME Resit: Over 200,000 More Candidates Score Above 200

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) resit. The resit was conducted for candidates affected by technical issues during the original exam.

After the resit, the number of candidates who scored 200 and above increased by over 200,000. Initially, more than 1.5 million out of 1.9 million candidates had scored below 200. That result raised concern across the country and led to pressure on JAMB to investigate.

JAMB later discovered that technical and human errors had disrupted the exams in some centres. The issues were traced to faulty server updates, which prevented proper upload of candidates’ answers during the first few days of the exam. As a result, about 379,000 candidates from Lagos and South-East states were directed to retake the test.

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The resit results, released on Sunday, show that many of those candidates improved their scores. The number of candidates scoring below 200 has now reduced to 1,365,479, while those scoring 200 and above have increased to 565,988.

This marks a slight improvement compared to previous years. In 2024, only 24 per cent of candidates scored 200 and above. That figure has now risen to 29.3 per cent in 2025. The number of high scorers—those with 250 and above—has also gone up.

JAMB says this year’s results reflect better performance and growing familiarity with the computer-based test system, which began in 2013. The board noted that a total of 1,931,467 results were released in 2025, the highest ever, showing rising participation in UTME.

However, JAMB also warned that the resit uncovered troubling practices by some school owners and candidates. Some of these cases are under investigation. The board also released the results of over 41,000 underage candidates but emphasised that scoring well does not guarantee admission, as those candidates had signed an agreement acknowledging the rules on age limits.

JAMB is expected to provide further updates on how this year’s results will affect admissions into tertiary institutions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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