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JAMB RELEASES RESULTS OF OVER 1.9M CANDIDATES, WITHHOLDS 39,834 RESULTS
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released the results of the 1.951, 811 candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) while withholding 39,834 results.
This is even as it revealed that 80 suspects are currently under interrogation for examination fraud as Anambra State tops with 14 suspects, Lagos, 9, Delta, 8, Kano, 7, Kaduna and Rivers 6 each. Ebonyi and Enugu followed with 5 each, Imo and Ondo, 3 each, Nasarawa, Abia, Plateau , 2 each while the other 8 states had 1 each.
The results statistics showed that of the 1,955,069 results released, only 420,415 candidates attained scores above 200, while just 12,414 candidates, equivalent to 0.63% of total participants, scored 300 and above, placing them among the highest achievers in this year’s exam.
The breakdown shows that 4, 756 candidates scored 320 and above, while 7,658 scored between 300 and 319. Also, 73,441 candidates (3.76%) scored 250 to 299, while 334,560 (17.11%) scored 200 – 249.
While 983,187 (50.29%) scored 160 -199, and 488,197 (24.97%) scored 140 – 159.
At the lowest point is 57,419 (2.94%) candidates who scored 120 – 139 while
3,820 (0.20%) candidates scored 100 – 119 and 2,031 (0.10%) scored below 100.
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who stated this on Friday while officially releasing the 2025 UTME in Abuja, said: “A total of 39, 834 results remain unreleased. Of these, 1,426 results are under scrutiny and processing.”
He explained out of the total number of 2,030,862 candidates registered for the 2025 UTME, 1,957,000 were successfully verified for the examination, 71,705 were absent and a total of 2,157 candidates’ fingerprints were rejected by the machines as invalid.
“This failure was beyond the acceptable normal margin of failure. Subsequent discoveries in this regard indicated that a number of the candidates whose fingers were unrecognised had one question of registration infraction or another to answer. Each of these cases would be reviewed and determined on its merit,” he said.
Oloyede further said of the 41,027 registered underaged candidates, 40,260 sat for the examination whose UTME results are being isolated for further tests to identify the normally few exceptional candidates.
“Consequently, results for 1,911,551 candidates have been released (which makes the available results to be 1.951, 811).”
He also disclosed that while 41,027 underaged candidates registered for the exercise, 467 met the prescribed minimum score, adding that 50 were engaged in cheating.
“The 466 successful candidates have been notified of their achievement while those who do not meet the threshold are notified of their inability to meet the prescribed minimum score,” he said.
The JAMB Boss said statistics from the 2025 UTME indicate a significant reduction in cases of examination infractions, saying, while there is still much work to be done to eradicate these issues entirely, the various innovative measures introduced by the board were proving effective.
“A total of 96 results have been withheld on account of examination infractions, a decrease from 123 the previous year, while further results remain under investigation. The Board remains resolute in its commitment to eliminating any form of examination malpractice,” he said.
He also disclosed that 82 inmates of correctional centres nearing the end of their sentences successfully participated in examinations
Speaking of challenges of the biometric verification process, he said 2,157 candidates whose biometric authentication was used to print their registration slips failed to confirm their candidature, preventing them from sitting the examination.
“This situation is currently under investigation, and the outcome will be made public, with those found not to be at fault rescheduled to sit the examination at designated centres.Currently, the Board is harvesting the biometrics of impersonators caught during the examination while investigating the extent of the impact of biometric contributors on the system,” he said.
He also disclosed that some candidates acquired double NINs in order to do double registration despite the warnings, while some engaged in impersonation among other infractions.
