The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) resit, revealing that approximately 200,000 more candidates have scored above the 200 mark, following technical issues that affected the original examination.

According to the results released on Sunday, the number of candidates who scored below 200 marks has decreased from over 1.5 million to 1,365,479, representing 70.7 percent of the total 1.9 million candidates who sat for the examination.

The resit examination was organized for 379,000 candidates in Lagos and South-East states after JAMB discovered technical and human errors that had contributed to mass failures in the original examination conducted earlier this year.

JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, had previously disclosed that the results of 379,997 candidates across 157 centers were compromised due to faulty server updates, which hindered the proper upload of candidates' responses during the first three days of the examination.

The board also released the results of over 41,000 under-16 candidates who participated in the examination. However, JAMB clarified that while these results have been released, they do not automatically qualify underage candidates for admission, as they had previously signed an undertaking acknowledging that only those meeting prescribed standards would be considered for special admission.

The 2025 UTME results show significant improvement compared to previous years. A total of 565,988 candidates, representing 29.3 percent of participants, scored 200 and above, compared to 439,961 (24 percent) in 2024 and 355,689 (23.36 percent) in 2023.

In the higher score brackets, 117,373 candidates (6.08 percent) scored 250 and above in 2025, an increase from 77,070 (4.18 percent) in 2024 and 56,736 (3.73 percent) in 2023.

The board noted that the new results reflect an improvement in performance compared to previous years since the adoption of the Computer-Based Test format in 2013. A year-by-year comparison reveals significant fluctuations in performance, with a steady increase in high scorers in recent years, suggesting improved academic preparation and greater familiarity with the CBT system.

JAMB is expected to issue further statements on the implications of this year's results for the tertiary admissions process as universities and other higher institutions prepare for the 2025/2026 academic session.