The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has
released the results of its resit examination for candidates affected by the
2025 UTME technical error.
The results from JAMB’s original 2025 Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination were released on May 9.
An analysis showed that more than 78 per cent of candidates
scored less than 200 points out of the 400 maximum points obtainable.
JAMB undertook a review in response to public protests and
uncovered a major “technical error”.
On May 14, Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, said that the
results of 379,997 candidates across 157 centres were affected.
He cited faulty server updates that prevented candidate
responses from being uploaded during the first three days of the exam.
Oloyede said the problem, which was caused by one of its
technical service providers, went undetected before the results were released.
JAMB conducted a resit exam for those affected in Lagos and
the south-east, starting from May 16 and extending beyond May 19.
The results of that resit were released on Sunday, May 25,
after extensive stakeholder consultation.
Of the 336,845 candidates scheduled for the resit, JAMB said
21,082 were absent.
The board said performance analysis remains consistent with
those from the past twelve years.
Those who scored 200 and above fell between the 11 per cent
peak of 2013 and the 34 per cent of 2016.
Beyond the technical failures, JAMB said its investigations
unveiled disturbing levels of collusion and fraud.
It said some exam centres colluded with school proprietors
to hack local networks, remotely submitting candidate responses.
It said some candidates used advanced photo-blending to
match their facial features with impersonators, many of whom were
undergraduates.
The cited cases where multiple fingerprints from different
people were registered for a single candidate, with some centres deploying LAN
extensions to remote “strong rooms” in arrangements that allowed external
actors to influence test environments undetected.
JAMB cited cases where “mercenary candidates” were deployed
and professional test-takers illicitly paired with actual candidates following
intentional disruptions of seating arrangements.
It confirmed that over 3,000 candidates are currently under
investigation, with results withdrawn where evidence is established.
The board said some parties have attempted to manipulate
public sentiment about the nullified 2025 UTMEs with falsehood.
It cited one Olisa Gabriel Chukwuemeka, who claimed a UTME
score of 326 in the nullified UTME on social media.
JAMB said his score was found to be 180 upon investigation,
leading to his account’s deactivation and public debunking of his claims.
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