The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced an immediate review of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) due to widespread complaints of technical malfunctions and mass failure. Over 1.5 million out of 1.9 million candidates scored below 200 marks, sparking outrage among candidates and parents.
Candidates claim issues such as system glitches, incomplete questions, and inconsistent question displays during the exam, with many taking to social media to express frustration. In response, JAMB is fast-tracking its post-examination review, collaborating with external experts to identify and resolve potential flaws.
The board may implement remedial measures if faults are confirmed. Meanwhile, aggrieved candidates are preparing to launch a class-action lawsuit against JAMB, citing system errors and lack of transparency. Despite the backlash, JAMB officials are defending the integrity of their Computer-Based Testing system.
Saharareporters
Way to go. The results need to be reviewed.
ReplyDeleteWhile it is true that the quality of education keeps getting lower everyday.
However, an examination where about 1.6million people fail, clearly shows that this particular problem was from JAMB, not the students.
Good to read from you. Where have you been?
DeleteThanks Jay Squared. Good to hear from you too. I was on a sabbatical leave 🙂
DeleteHow have you been?
I trust Nigeria system,I doubt if they would come up with reasonable solution. In this case I will suggest that they should reduce the cut off mark.
DeleteWhy will jamb conduct rescheduled jamb for only 3k students extend of 1.5m students
DeleteGood way to go
ReplyDeleteNice initiative, the complaints are so much especially from students that are known to be very brilliant
ReplyDeleteJamb is doing good the so called student failed cause of over confidence I score over 200 where's the fault there write well you'll pass
DeleteGood decision
ReplyDeleteMost students didn't revise o.
ReplyDeleteThey ought to redo this years jamb at no cost to the students. This country is just somehow
ReplyDeleteStill don't know the essence of this examination. The students are still made to write another post utme examination at their choice universities. 🙄🙄🙄
ReplyDeleteLike enh !!!!
DeleteI don’t even know Dey are re writing jamb until I went to cyber cafe and Dey check my results and Dey said am re writing my exam which means that day was my exam day and time has gone can you now see Nigeria is a bad country am done with Nigeria education
DeleteDear Student,
ReplyDeleteNot everyone will study Medicine, Law, or Pharmacy.And that’s okay.
You don’t have to wear a lab coat to be impactful.You don’t need a stethoscope to matter.
Know your place.
Know your path.
Know your course.
If you’ve written JAMB three, four, five times trying to force a course that isn’t working…
Pause.
Breathe.
Switch,if your heart is convinced.
Switch without shame.
Some people are anointed for Education.
Some are born leaders in the Arts.
Some are solution-bringers in Agriculture, Industrial Chemistry, Linguistics, or even History.
Stop looking down on your course.
You admire Medicine.
You love the title “Doctor.
But maybe, just maybe,that’s not where you’re called.
And that’s okay.
Because there’s power in being planted in the right place.
You’re not in a professional department?It doesn’t make you irrelevant.
What makes you stand out is not your course,but your depth, your diligence, and your decisions.
Let me tell you the truth: What will shape your future is not just your degree.
It’s the extra knowledge, the self-development, the clarity, and the skills you build while in school.
There’s a whole life waiting for you after school.It’s big, real, and full of opportunities for those who are prepared,not just qualified.
So wherever you are…
Shine there.
Grow there.
Own it.
I’m rooting for you,not because of your department,But because of your destiny.
Stay strong.
Stay excellent.
©️
This just felt like you were talking to me directly, thanks for this words of advice🙏🏻🙏🏻
DeleteStop that already. The most brilliant ones failed like a he goat while the itiboribo them got high mark. Are they d one to read medicine
Delete@pearl you are welcome dear.
Delete@ anon19:34 some time over confident cause it too . I hope you know.
"Some are born leaders in the Arts.
DeleteSome are solution-bringers in Agriculture, Industrial Chemistry, Linguistics, or even History"- ask these are established courses in tertiary institutions. If you are destined for such careers, you would be able to pass the exams and be tutored by the giants of those disciplines.
Exactly!!!! Something went wrong. Millions of people cannot be lying against you especially if these kids are known to be brilliant
ReplyDeleteThose that passed the exams , what did they do different??
DeleteI passed my exam but the complaint from other people, people that I can vouch for that they're intelligent is much, there must be an error somewhere
DeletePearl tata so you wrote jamb? Young or small girl in the midst of adults. Always do the needful here.
DeleteMao Akuh I don't understand what you mean by small girl in the midst of adults do the needful, please which needful should I do ma? Is there something going on that I know nothing about?
DeleteThank God my daughter got her cutoff mark.
ReplyDeleteGood decision
ReplyDeleteThe results need to be reviewed.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter got 266 but I'm sad my niece got 155😭
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm, let them review it.
ReplyDeleteGood move
ReplyDeleteMy son who represents his schools ,infact any school he enters recognises him immediately and even use him to do their school banner was given 144 like how?. The day of this exam ,he can back and told me that this year exam is easier than d previous ones he saw. What the he'll. I wish I can punch them on the face. A child that cleared his GCE at first sitting
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ReplyDeleteThere is system malfunctions because my daughter complaint that her system went off 2 times she stay in the hall until another batch came and Met her and she battles before she finished her exams with a batch not her own batch. It traumatised her to some extent and affected her.
ReplyDeleteSince over 1.5 million fall jamb federal ministry of education in Nigeria has failure too because there is no reason why 1.5 million candidates out of 1.9 million will fail when there is not good quality of education this is a slap to the ministry of education in Nigeria entirely it a shame for Nigeria
ReplyDeletePlease what would be done about those that their results were withheld for extraneous finger anomaly
ReplyDeleteBecause I never impersonated anyone
Why are they accusing me and denying me of my results. After all the sleepless nights and efforts
Na u no want read books Na u still want score 250+
ReplyDeleteTo b sincere some failed due to lack of studying sha
ReplyDeleteHow can we be certain that if we resit the UTME exam, the system will not glitch again or that there will be no incomplete questions? Now, everyone is calling for a reschedule for students to retake the exam, but no one is sure about the outcome. I would also suggest that various institutions should rather reduce their cut-off marks to make things easier for candidates with low scores, instead of conducting a resit. I also took part in the 2025 UTME exam, and I was denied 5 questions in my English paper, which made me score 65 — even though I know I did extremely well in English.
How can we be certain that if we resit the UTME exam, the system will not glitch again or that there will be no incomplete questions? Now, everyone is calling for a reschedule for students to retake the exam, but no one is sure about the outcome. I would also suggest that various institutions should rather reduce their cut-off marks to make things easier for candidates with low scores, instead of conducting a resit. I also took part in the 2025 UTME exam, and I was denied 5 questions in my English paper, which made me score 65 — even though I know I did extremely well in English.
ReplyDeleteOh lord I put you first in whatever I have to do .
ReplyDeleteHow do you know people that are brilliant? Somebody that says his is brilliant is busy watching social media videos refuse to read books for the exam.somebody that you think don't know anything went inside to read and get high score and you want jamb to review the exam. This generation that love social media to book reading.
ReplyDeleteThey should reschedule those people that get less than 200 as well the massive failure is so alarming
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