ABUJA, Nigeria – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) don announce say dem go release the results for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for Friday, May 9, 2025. Candidates wey sit for dis year UTME fit begin check their scores from Friday morning.
According to official notice wey JAMB release for journalists on Thursday, the results go drop for 8am at JAMB National Headquarters for Bwari, Abuja. This announcement don raise hope for over 1.9 million candidates wey participate for the exam.
As candidates dey prepare to check their results, JAMB don drop statistics wey show how performance of candidates be. Di figures reveal say more than 1.5 million candidates score below 200, wey be di average score wey expected for university admission for Nigeria. Di UTME wey score maximum of 400 marks, test candidates across four core subjects. All candidates must take Use of English plus three additional subjects wey dem choose based on wetin dem wan study.
Dr. Tunji Alausa, di Minister of Education, react to di performance data, affirm say di high failure rate dey show say di government’s efforts to stop exam malpractice dey work. “Di high failure rate for di 2025 UTME na clear evidence say our anti-malpractice measures dey yield result, especially within di JAMB system,” he talk.
Dis year, only 420,415 candidates score above 200 while less than 1% of di total candidates score above 300. Also, 75% of di candidates score below 200, which don raise concerns about di quality of education and exam preparation.
Within di overall statistics, 2,157 candidates dey under investigation for alleged exam malpractice. Di examination body also disclose say only 467 out of di 40,247 underage candidates wey dem allow participate achieve di exceptional ability threshold, dat na just 1.16%.
“We don allow 40,247 underage candidates to show their ability, but only 467 fit reach di benchmark for exceptional ability as wey we define am for di UTME. Di performance wey dem show for di next three stages dey pending,” JAMB talk.
JAMB also mention say 71,701 candidates no show up for di exam, and some candidates wey get biometric issues dey still under investigation. Those wey dem clear go reschedule for di exam at designated centres. Additionally, di results for some blind candidates and others wey belong to di JEOG candidate group still dey process.
Candidates fit check their results by visiting di official JAMB result portal or sending “UTME RESULT” via SMS to 55019 or 66019 using di phone number wey dem take register.
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