Over 1.5 million JAMB scores less than 200 mark

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said that over 1.5 million out of 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scored less than 200 in the examination.

The figure is part of the comprehensive statistical breakdown of the Examination results.

JAMB, however, announced that 4756 candidates scored above 320, 7658 candidates scored between 300 and 319.

The examination body explained that the Board said that 40,247 underage candidates were permitted to demonstrate their exceptional abilities.

JAMB further stated that only 467 of these candidates achieved scores that meet the threshold for exceptional ability as defined for the UTME, with their performance in the subsequent three stages still pending.