2025 UTME: Deeper Life High School Student Scores 339, Shares Dream Course He Wants in UNILORIN

• Fifteen-year-old Victor Jonah Febuins scored an impressive 339 in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
• Victor was a science student at Deeper Life High School, Jalingo, Taraba state, who chose Biomedical Engineering at the University of Ilorin as his first choice
• He shared the reason why he chose the course while registering for his examination organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)

A young Nigerian boy of 15 years old, Victor Jonah Febuins, celebrated as he checked his result in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

The boy, who is a student of Deeper Life High School in Jalingo, Taraba, had an impressive score of 339.

The boy’s brother, Miracle Febuins, brought his result to the attention of Legit.ng, as he shared the young boy’s dream.

Miracle said:

“Let's celebrate this young 15-year-old boy from Sardauna LGA of Taraba state who scored an aggregate score of 339 in the just concluded JAMB. Let's support him and sponsor him to become the biomedical engineer he wishes to become.”

15-year-old boy shares breakdown of UTME results

Speaking with Legit.ng, Victor shared the breakdown of his 2025 UTME results and opened up about his dream course.

As a science student, the Deeper Life High School student registered for English, Physics, Biology and Chemistry in the UTME.

He got 73 in English, 98 in Physics, 89 in Chemistry and 79 in Biology, with an aggregate of 339.

The young boy stated that he chose the University of Iorin as his first choice and that his dream course was Biomedical Engineering.

According to him, he chose the course because he had a passion for engineering as well as medicine.

His second choice was to study Medicine and Surgery at the Gombe State University.

His words:

“I applied for biomedical engineering at the University of Ilorin as first choice ànd medicine and surgery at Gombe State University as second choice. I have a passion for engineering as well as medicine, so to combine the two, I chose the desired course.”

He added that he would accept the admission if he were given a similar course after writing his post-UTME.

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JAMB speaks on 2025 UTME results

After the resit of the exam was concluded, JAMB released a statistical report showing that the 2025 results were the best so far.

This was relieving after many people had earlier recorded bad scores due to the exam body's system glitch.

In JAMB's new report, 117,373 (6.08%) candidates scored 250 and above, making this success rate the best since 2013. The only year that came close was 2024, which recorded 77,070 students achieving the same feat.

Biology teacher reacts to new UTME score

A biology teacher who earlier scored below 200 now has 282, proving his earlier point that he could never fail a subject he had been teaching for years.

In an interview with Legit.ng, he said:

"Okay, let me not argue about chemistry, physics or English, I don't have any certificate in them. But what about the biology I teach? The biology I studied in the university where I have first degree. In fact, I'm a masters degree student in biology. I'm currently writing my thesis. So, I don't see how O'Level biology will come and I will score 37. I don't see that coming. So, if I didn't start complaining and probably others followed suit, and that man, Alex Onyia, who knows what would have happened?"

Expert advises UTME star

A career counselor, Adeosun Adegboyega, has said Victor’s outstanding UTME score is important for the course he intends to study.

Speaking with Legit.ng, he advised the student to take deliberate steps to reach the “zenith of his career,” including getting “a career coach,” developing “a 10-year vision around biomedical engineering,”

Boy scores over 300 after rewriting exam

In a related story on Legit.ng, a Nigerian student who first scored 170 in his Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) rose to a higher score after rewriting.

Alex Onyia, an education advocate who actively participated in reviewing the JAMB 2025 results, posted the boy's result on X.

The improvement in the boy's score happened after he rewrote the examination due error admitted by JAMB.

Joseph Omotayo, the HoD of the Human Interest Desk, contributed to this report, adding JAMB's statistical report on the 2025 UTME success rate.

Editorial assistant Ololade Olatimehin provided exclusive commentary from a career counselor for this report.

Source: Legit.ng