See new result of arts student who first scored 159 in 2025 UTME

• An arts pupil celebrated arsenic she was 1 of 379,000 candidates to retake the UTME aft an mistake caused failures
• The arts pupil improved her people from 159 to 280 aft rewriting the exam, and shared the breakdown of some results
• She expressed gratitude and anticipation for admission, scoring precocious marks successful English, Igbo, Government, and Literature

A Nigerian miss celebrated arsenic the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) released her effect aft she rewrote her UTME.

JAMB ordered that 379,000 candidates should retake the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) after an error resulted successful their failure.

A Nigerian girl’s caller 2025 UTME effect sparks reactions arsenic she got 83 successful Igbo. Photo: Maskot, JAMB Girl's photograph for illustration only.
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The girl, identified arsenic Brown Mandy connected Facebook, was 1 of the candidates who cried and felt bitter aft she scored 159 the archetypal time.

After rewriting the exam, the arts pupil shared her joyousness aft achieving a higher aggregate people than she had scored successful the erstwhile examination.

Girl cried aft seeing archetypal score

In a Facebook post, the miss shared however she felt aft seeing her archetypal result, saying that she cried due to the fact that she knew it wasn't hers.

After rewriting, she displayed her caller result, which showed that her caller people was 280.

She said:

“From 159 to 280, God is the greatest. When I saw my archetypal result, I cried due to the fact that I knew it was not my result, I couldn't archer my parents. I searched online to cognize which assemblage tin judge specified a score, I was precise bitter.“As God whitethorn person it, Jamb decided to reschedule the affected candidates, I was excited and astatine the aforesaid clip scared. I was excited due to the fact that it was rescheduled/ I was frightened due to the fact that however I wan instrumentality work 4 subjects wrong 24 hrs? So I tried my champion to work the astir important topics that whitethorn travel out.“As God whitethorn person it, past last I scored 280, I'm precise grateful to God. I commune that admittance volition beryllium our information this year, AMEN.”

The miss got 61 successful English, 83 successful Igbo, 68 successful Government and 68 successful Literature.

See some results below:

A Nigerian miss who cried erstwhile she scored 159 shows her caller effect aft rewriting. Photo: Brown Mandy
Source: TikTok

Reactions way girl’s UTME results aft resit

Victory Friday said:

"I wrote Igbo and got 80/100, u don't cognize thing doesn't mean that it doesn't exist."

Victor Onu said:

"83 successful Igbo is truly inspiring. Congratulations."

Danny Bobo Nams said:

"You are playing with ur future."

Chijioke Nwogu said:

"Please what people are you aspiring??"

In a related story, a subject pupil scored 360 aft a JAMB mistake made her people 148 astatine first.

15-year-old scores 339, eyes UNILORIN

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a 15-year-old Victor Jonah Febuins scored an awesome 339 successful the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

Victor, a subject pupil astatine Deeper Life High School, Jalingo, Taraba state, chose Biomedical Engineering astatine the University of Ilorin arsenic his archetypal choice.

He shared the crushed wherefore helium chose the people portion registering for his introspection organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

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Source: Legit.ng