The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has admitted that there were errors in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME affecting 379,997 candidates in five South East states and Lagos.
JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, who broke down in tears apologises for the errors and announces that commencing from Thursday, May 15, the Board will start rescheduling examinations for the affected 379,997 candidates. He said affected candidates, will start getting text messages from the Board starting on Thursday, May 15th, for rescheduling of the examination.
Oloyede, who made this known at a briefing in Abuja, said he takes responsibility for what he described as a “sabotage” of the 2025 UTME.
Of the 1.9 million candidates who sat for the UTME, over 1.5 million reportedly scored below 200 out of the maximum 400 marks, raising concerns across the education sector.
According to the examination body, a total of 1,955,069 results were processed, out of which only 4,756 candidates (0.24 per cent) scored 320 and above, considered top-tier performance, while 7,658 candidates (0.39 per cent) scored between 300 and 319, bringing the total for those who scored 300 and above to 12,414 candidates (0.63 per cent).
Also, 73,441 candidates (3.76 per cent) scored between 250 and 299 while 334,560 candidates (17.11 per cent) scored between 200 and 249.
A total of 983,187 candidates (50.29 per cent) scored between 160 and 199, which is widely regarded as the minimum threshold for admissions in many institutions.
In the same vein, 488,197 candidates (24.97 per cent) scored between 140 and 159, 57,419 candidates (2.94 per cent) scored between 120 and 139, 3,820 candidates (0.20 per cent) scored between 100 and 119, and 2,031 candidates (0.10 per cent) scored below 100.
Over 75 per cent of all candidates (1.5 million) scored below 200, average score, seeing as the examination is graded over 400.
