A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF UTME RESULTS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF CBT IN 2013
The UTME results from 2013 to 2025 reveal a clear trend: students today are performing significantly better than their predecessors, challenging the claims of the millennial generation who often boasted about their academic achievements when they wrote JAMB.
In 2025, out of 1,931,467 candidates, 17,025 scored 300 and above, a remarkable 0.888% of the total. Compare this to 2013, when no candidates achieved this feat out of 1,721,647 participants.
Even in 2014, only 40 candidates (0.002%) scored 300 and above, a stark contrast to the consistent improvement seen in recent years.
By 2023, 5,318 candidates (0.375%) scored 300 and above, and this number more than tripled to 17,025 by 2025.
Looking at the 250 and above range, the progress is equally striking. In 2025, 117,373 candidates (6.08%) scored 250 and above, compared to just 4,380 (0.255%) in 2014 and a mere 5,085 (0.39%) in 2013.
Even as far back as 2016, only 31,154 candidates (2.12%) reached this threshold, while in 2025, the percentage has tripled. The data for the 200 and above range further supports this trend: 565,988 candidates (29.3%) scored 200 and above in 2025, compared to 233,294 (14.1%) in 2014 and 188,536 (11.6%) in 2013.
These numbers paint a clear picture: students nowadays are achieving higher scores in greater numbers, demonstrating that they are more intelligent and smarter than the millennial generation who wrote JAMB in the early 2010s. Millennials often claimed they performed better, but the data tells a different story. For instance, in 2013, 85.5% of candidates scored below 200, and this figure remained high at 85.9% in 2014. By contrast, in 2025, only 70.7% scored below 200, a significant drop, showing that more students are crossing into higher score brackets. Even in 2019, 73.9% scored below 200, compared to 70.7% in 2025, indicating a consistent upward trend in performance.
This data underscores that today’s students are outperforming their millennial counterparts, debunking the myth that the older generation did better in their time. The numbers speak for themselves: the current generation is not only more capable but also better prepared, reflecting a marked improvement in educational outcomes over the years.
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