The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, announced on Monday that 1,687,860 candidates have already registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.

The board stated in its weekly bulletin that registration has been ongoing for 26 days, beginning on 3rd February 2025, with just six days remaining before the deadline on 8th March.

The 2025 UTME is scheduled to take place from Friday, 18th April 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.