The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), stated on Monday that 1,687,860 applicants have already registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The board noted in its weekly report that registration has been underway for 26 days, commencing on February 3rd, 2025, with only six days remaining until the deadline on March 8th.
The 2025 UTME is scheduled to be held on Friday, April 18, 2025.
JAMB had earlier projected two million candidates for the examination.
Providing a breakdown of the ongoing registration, JAMB disclosed that in the first week alone, 201,867 candidates registered. In the second week, the number rose to 560,025, followed by 528,832 in the third week. By the fourth week, the total had increased to 1,290,715.
The board reiterated in its bulletin that there would be no extension of the registration period beyond 8th March 2025.
A review of the immediate past UTME in 2024 showed that 1,989,668 candidates registered for the exam. Of these, 1,904,189 sat the examination, while 80,810 were absent.
A total of 1,402,490 candidates—73.7 per cent of those who sat the exam—scored below 200, while just 0.4 per cent achieved scores above 300.
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