Jamb Result Review: What Will Be The Outcome

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will review the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results following what it describes as a wave of “unusual complaints” from candidates after the results came out on Friday.

Earlier on Friday, the Board officially released the results to the public. Before the announcement, JAMB also published the official statistics of the results.

According to the agency, it processed a total of 1,955,069 results. Out of this number, only 4,756 candidates (0.24%) scored 320 and above—considered as top-tier performance.

Another 7,658 candidates (0.39%) scored between 300 and 319, bringing the number of those who scored 300 and above to 12,414 (0.63%).

A total of 73,441 candidates (3.76%) scored between 250 and 299, while 334,560 candidates (17.11%) scored between 200 and 249.

The results also show that 983,187 candidates (50.29%) scored between 160 and 199. This score range is often seen as the minimum requirement for admission into many institutions.

Additionally, 488,197 candidates (24.97%) scored between 140 and 159. About 57,419 candidates (2.94%) scored between 120 and 139, 3,820 candidates (0.20%) scored between 100 and 119, while 2,031 candidates (0.10%) scored below 100.

In total, more than 75 per cent of the candidates—around 1.5 million—scored below 200 in the exam, which is marked over 400.
Speaking on the performance, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said the results are not out of the ordinary and are consistent with trends seen over the past 12 years.

“This is not peculiar to this year. The performance statistics are consistent with those of the last 12 years,” he said.

For instance, in 2024, 76 per cent of UTME candidates scored less than 200. In 2022, 1.3 million out of 1.7 million candidates (78 per cent) scored below 200. In 2021, only 803 out of 1.3 million candidates (0.06 per cent) scored above 300.

The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, also reacted to the results. He said the low performance recorded in the 2025 UTME shows that the government’s efforts to reduce exam malpractice are working, especially within JAMB’s system.

What Will Be The Outcome

In a statement on Monday, JAMB says it is fast-tracking its annual system review. This review is a full analysis of the examination process that usually happens months after the exam.

The review covers three major stages: registration, examination, and the release of results.
During the examination stage, JAMB makes sure every candidate gets the chance to write the test. If there are any technical problems, the board reschedules the exam for those affected without delay.

To deal with the current complaints, JAMB says it is working with experts. These include members of the Computer Professionals Association of Nigeria, chief external examiners who lead tertiary institutions, and the Educational Association and Research Network in Africa.

The board states that if it finds any glitches, it will take the right steps to fix them quickly. This move follows widespread complaints from candidates and their families. Many people have gone on social media to question the results and call for a review. Some candidates have rejected their scores, saying the results do not match how they performed in the exam.

Reports also say that over 8,000 candidates have sent in complaints about technical problems they faced during the test.