The 2025 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination issues affected 379,997 candidates throughout the five South East geographical zone states including Lagos.
During a continuing press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the JAMB Registrer, revealed.
He stated that 206,610 applicants from 65 centers in Lagos and 92 centers in the Owerri zone, which included 173,387 candidates from the five South East states, were impacted.
In Nigeria, passing the UTME is a crucial requirement for entrance to postsecondary educational institutions. Candidates are tested in four subjects—three of which are selected from their intended field of study—including the required Use of English.
More than 1.5 million of the 1.9 million applicants who took the UTME are said to have received scores below 200 out of a possible 400, which has caused alarm in the education community.
Only 4,756 candidates (0.24 percent) scored 320 and above, which is considered top-tier performance, while 7,658 candidates (0.39 percent) scored between 300 and 319, making a total of 12,414 candidates (0.63 percent) who scored 300 and above, according to the examination agency, which processed 1,955,069 results.
Also, 73,441 candidates (3.76 per cent) scored between 250 and 299 while 334,560 candidates (17.11 per cent) scored between 200 and 249.
A total of 983,187 candidates (50.29 per cent) scored between 160 and 199, which is widely regarded as the minimum threshold for admissions in many institutions.
In the same vein, 488,197 candidates (24.97 per cent) scored between 140 and 159, 57,419 candidates (2.94 per cent) scored between 120 and 139, 3,820 candidates (0.20 per cent) scored between 100 and 119, and 2,031 candidates (0.10 per cent) scored below 100.
Over 75 per cent of all candidates (1.5 million) scored below 200, average score seeing as the examination is graded over 400.
Some affected candidates threatened to initiate a lawsuit against JAMB.
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