UTME Results 2025: JAMB Speaks on How Candidates Can View Score

• More than 1.9 million candidates reportedly took part in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) 2025
• The results of the exam, conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), have not been released yet
• The board has since shared information with candidates on how to check their UTME results once the information is live

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering education in Nigeria and worldwide.

Garki, Abuja - The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said the results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are initially 'checked through the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) codes 55019 or 66019'.

Legit.ng recently reported that UTME 2025 candidates were awaiting the release of their results.

How to check 2025 JAMB results online

In a post on X, JAMB said UTME 2025 results would be released on its website later, after candidates were able to access their results via the USSD codes.

Responding to an inquiry, the board said on Monday, May 5:

"Results are usually checked through the USSD codes 55019 or 66019 initially and later on released on the Board's website for printing."

Meanwhile, JAMB also disclosed that the first batch of UTME 2025 results was awaiting post-examination analyses.

As soon as due process is complete, the board said the results of candidates who wrote the examination would be released.

Under JAMB, candidates commenced the 2025 UTME nationwide on April 24, and the exam period ended on Monday, May 5.

Concerns over lower outcome in 2025 UTME

Millions of Nigerian youths who successfully registered for the UTME partook in the examination in over 784 computer-based test (CBT) centres across all 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).

In a statement on Monday, May 5, JAMB disclosed that out of the 1,955,059 candidates who took part in the annual exam, only 420,415 surpassed the 200 mark.

This raised concerns as the UTME 2025 results came amid increasing scrutiny of Nigeria’s education system and underscored the need for ongoing reforms to improve student preparedness and institutional accountability.

An education and career advocate, Dipo Awojide, attributed the decline in performance to lifestyle choices and poor attitudes toward education. He further blamed the influence of older youth who preach the 'school na scam' ideology.

Read more UTME 2025-related content:

• UTME 2025: Man who wrote JAMB 6 times and passed shares why he could not get admission
• JAMB 2025: Man shares how son survived accident with head injuries while returning from writing UTME

Obi blasts JAMB for alleged early exams

Earlier, Legit.ng also reported that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, criticised JAMB.

Obi said the agency allegedly set the UTME 2025 for teenagers as early as 6 am while 'transporting them across far-flung locations'.

According to the presidential hopeful, this act by the educational board was 'reckless' and he called for action to be taken against them.

Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng