Following a rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), over 200,000 additional candidates have now scored above 200 marks.
Prompt News reports that the resit was organized after technical and human errors affected the original exam.
In the results released on Sunday, JAMB reported that 1,365,479 out of 1.9 million candidates (70.7%) still scored below 200, but this marks an improvement from the initial outcome, where over 1.5 million scored under 200.
JAMB had announced a resit for 379,000 candidates across Lagos and the South-East states after discovering that server issues had compromised results at 157 centres.
The board blamed the error on faulty server updates that disrupted response uploads during the first three days of the exam.
The resit results show a notable improvement in overall performance.
A total of 565,988 candidates (29.3%) scored 200 and above in 2025, compared to 24% in 2024 and 23.36% in 2023.
Candidates scoring 250 and above also increased to 117,373 (6.08%), up from 77,070 (4.18%) in 2024 and 56,736 (3.73%) in 2023. In the 300+ score range, 8,401 candidates (0.46%) reached that milestone, a rise from 0.35% in 2023 and 0.06% in 2021.
In 2013 and 2014, no candidates scored 300 or higher.
JAMB stated that the improved performance reflects increased familiarity with the Computer-Based Test (CBT) system, introduced in 2013, and ongoing refinements in its exam processes.
In total, 1,931,467 results were released this year, representing all candidates who sat for the exam.
This surpasses the 1,842,364 results released in 2024 and signals continued growth in UTME participation.
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The board has also released results for over 41,000 under-16 candidates and others who took the rescheduled exam.
It is expected to issue further guidance on how this year’s results will impact the tertiary admission process.
