The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is in crisis mode.
Public outrage over the recently released 2025 UTME results has forced the Board to launch an urgent review.
Candidates across Nigeria are accusing the body of presiding over a deeply flawed examination citing technical failures, missing questions, and shockingly low scores.
In a statement signed by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, the Board admitted it had received an “unusual volume of complaints” since last Friday.
Usually, the UTME review process takes months. This year, it’s being rushed forward.
“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.
JAMB’s three-phase review covering registration, the exam itself, and the release of results is already underway.
According to the spokesperson, if any flaws are confirmed, the Board won’t hesitate to take action.
He said: “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 process is being carried out with help from specialists, 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.”
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But while JAMB scrambles for answers, frustrated candidates are turning to the courts.
Thousands are reportedly preparing a class-action lawsuit, alleging they were robbed of fair assessment. Many say they faced malfunctioning systems and jumbled questions during the test.
The tipping point came when JAMB’s own data showed over 1.5 million of the 1.9 million UTME candidates scored below 200 out of 400.
Social media exploded.
The hashtag #ThisIsNotMyResult is trending, with angry students and bewildered parents rejecting their scores online.
On Channels TV’s The Morning Brief, Education Minister Tunji Alausa backed JAMB. He claimed the system’s anti-cheating tools worked as intended.
He said the platform “had made cheating nearly impossible” and should be adopted for WAEC and NECO.
JAMB Registrar Is-haq Oloyede also tried to calm nerves, insisting the 2025 results weren’t out of the ordinary.
He argued that “similar performance trends” had appeared in previous years.
Still, the backlash continues. Candidates want answers, and JAMB is under pressure to show that its marking process is fair, its system reliable, and its results trustworthy.