Victor EzejaFollowing the nationwide reactions trailing the release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered a review of the results.
The 2025 UTME results released by JAMB last week showed that while 1.9 million candidates sat for the examination, over 1.5 million scored less than 200, signifying poor performance.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelDays after the results were released, JAMB says it has received a barrage of complaints from candidates who alleged technical glitches, incomplete questions, and having unusually low scores.
The statistics of candidates’ performance released by JAMB triggered uproar on social media as many candidates and parents expressed shock over the low scores.
The hashtag #ThisIsNotMyResult has been trending across platforms.
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Social media posts showed some people affected by the development threatening to file a class action against JAMB for giving them what was allegedly not their results.
Stakeholders equally expressed the need for JAMB to review the process.
In response, the examination body in a statement signed by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, acknowledged the complaints saying it would fast-track its post-examination review process to urgently address what he described as an “unusual volume of complaints” since the release of the UTME results last Friday.
“We are particularly concerned about the unusual complaints originating from a few states within the federation. We are currently scrutinising these complaints in detail to identify and rectify any potential technical issues,” part of the statement read.
The JAMB spokesperson stated that the annual review covers three stages of the UTME cycle—registration, examination, and result release, assuring that if any faults are found in the system, the Board would not hesitate to implement what he called “appropriate remedial measures.”
According to the statement, JAMB has engaged a number of experts, including members from the Computer Professionals Association of Nigeria, Chief External Examiners, who are heads of tertiary institutions, the Educational Assessment and Research Network in Africa, measurement experts, and Vice Chancellors from various institutions.
“If it is determined that there were indeed glitches, we will implement appropriate remedial measures promptly, as we do in the case of the examinations themselves,” the Board assured.
Victor Ezeja is a passionate journalist with seven years of experience writing on economy, politics and energy. He holds a Master's degree in Mass Communication.
