2025 JAMB Results: Why Over 1.5million Candidates Scored Below 200

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Official data from JAMB shows a total of 1,955,069 candidates sat for the exam and only about 420,000 candidates scored above 200, while over 1.5 million scored below 200, generating public concerns and criticism.

This shocking outcome leads to questions on why there was such a massive poor academic performance or if it is a result of systemic failure.

What could be responsible for the mass JAMB failure

While it’s natural and almost instinctive to blame the candidates for inadequate preparation or studying on their parts, majority of Nigerians are pointing fingers not at the students this time, but at the institution(JAMB) for not putting in place adequate system that will aid the success of the exam.

Already, social media is agog with reactions on this latest development.

On X, formerly Twitter, mixed reactions trail the performance of the candidates.

According to a user named LEYE, “The JAMB results aren’t just about academics, they reflect deeper systemic issues. Outdated curriculum, uninspired learners, underpaid teachers, societal pressure and neglect. The consequences will catch up with all of us.”

Another user, EMZO, also shared his experience. He said, “I got 266 in JAMB, first and only trial yet I cried like someone that failed. Not cause it was my fault, my system shut itself down and when it turned back on, I had only 8mins left from 51mins remaining.”

Emzo’s statement and that of many others who have had their systems shut down during the exam, reflects the fact that tbis reoccurrence may be a set up for failure, as being unable to answer all of the computer based questions before it shuts down due to technical issues.
One that shouldn’t be blamed on the candidates.

Others have also highlighted the time frame set by JAMB for the young scholars as another set up for failure as some are required to be at their exam centers as early as 6 am with some finishing off as late as 9pm.

These conditions have been heavily criticized as inconsiderate of the welfare and safety of the young students who have no choice but to leave their houses much earlier in order to meet up for the exams.

An example of such concern was that of a young student who was abducted but later found enroute her exam centre scheduled for 6:30am in the just concluded examinations.

These scheduling and logistics concerns asides the technicalities are not only physically and mentally taxing for these young students but also dangerous.

JAMB Reaction to issues and candidates’ underperformance

In response to the criticisms on exam schedule and centres of registration, JAMB on its X handle, denied that examination begins at 6:30am, rather verification and other clearance processes begins at 6:30am while exams are conducted from 8:am. They also denied sending candidates outside stipulated centers.

The 2025 JAMB results are a wake-up call for the Nigerian education sector to look within as the underperformance of over a million Nigerian students in a system set to elevate them seem to project a bleak future.


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