Nigeria, May 5 -- More than 1.5 million candidates representing about 78 per cent- who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scored below 200 out of the 400 obtainable points.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), which conducts the annual Computer Based Test (CBT), disclosed this in a statistical analysis published on Monday.

JAMB said candidates' results will be released to them later this week.

"A press conference to announce the individual results of candidates and to facilitate result checking will be held later this week," the board said.

The UTME is an annual entrance examination for candidates seeking admission into Nigerian universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. This ...