More than 200,000 additional candidates have scored above the 200-mark average in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) following a resit conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The resit, held for 379,000 candidates in Lagos and South-East states, was organised to address technical and human errors that affected the original examination. JAMB released the resit results on Sunday.
According to the board, 1,365,479 candidates—representing 70.7 per cent of the 1.9 million total candidates—still scored below 200 after both the original UTME and the resit.
The initial results released on May 9, 2025, showed that over 1.5 million candidates scored below the 200 mark out of a possible 400, sparking nationwide concern.
Amid growing public pressure, JAMB launched an internal review and identified both technical faults and human errors in its system. The discovery led to the decision to conduct a resit for the affected candidates.
The latest figures show a reduction in the number of candidates scoring below 200, from over 1.5 million to 1,365,479—indicating that more than 200,000 candidates improved their scores in the resit.
