A brilliant 16-year old boy, , Olamide Aderibigbe has scored 336 during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Aderibigbe, a student of Starville International School, Jabi, Abuja, also scored 98 in Mathematics, 86 in Physics; 68 in English and 84 in Economics.
Similarly, a student of Federal Government College (FGC), Warri, Delta State, Oritsemeyiwa Precious Ebule scorered an impressive total of 334 in the exam.
Ebule, who is also 16-year-old recorded 98 in Mathematics, 98 in Physics, 85 in Chemistry, and 53 in English.
Ebule whose first choice university is the Federal University of Petroleum Resources FUPRE, Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, intends to study Mechanical Engineering.
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, while giving a breakdown of the 2025 UTME statistics, noted that 12,414 of the over 1.9M who sat the UTME scored 300 and above, with only 4,756 scoring 320 and above.
Last year, out of 1.9 million candidates who sat the 2024 UTME, only 8,000 candidates, or 0.5 per cent, scored above 300 points in the examination.
The 2025 UTME results were officially released to the public on Friday, with over 1.5 million candidates scoring below 200, which is considered the average benchmark.
The UTME, which is scored over a total of 400 marks, tests candidates across four core subjects.
While the Use of English is mandatory for all, candidates are allowed to choose three other subjects relevant to their intended course of study.
