Following complaints from parents and candidates who participated in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), authorities at the examination body have ordered a review of examination processes.
The diverse complaints stemmed from very poor results posted by many candidates, where a staggering 1.5 million candidates out of the 1.9 million that sat for the UTME scored below 200 marks out of the maximum 400.
The board, in a statement issued by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, acknowledged what it described as an “unusual volume of complaints” since the release of the UTME results last Friday.
The statement said the development had prompted the board to fast-track its annual post-examination review process, which usually takes place months after the exercise.
“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,” the statement read.
According to the spokesman, the annual review covers three stages of the UTME cycle, registration, examination, and result release.
Benjamin added that if any faults are found in the system, JAMB will not hesitate to implement “appropriate remedial measures.
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He added: “To assist in this process, we have 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.”
Meanwhile, thousands of candidates have threatened to file a class-action lawsuit against the JAMB over the alleged irregularities in the examination
Many claim they encountered technical malfunctions and inconsistent question displays during the examination.
The controversy reached a boiling point after JAMB revealed in its viral statistical data that over 1.5 million out of the 1.9 million candidates who sat for this year’s UTME scored below 200 out of a possible 400 marks.
