In response to mounting dissatisfaction from students and parents, Nigeria’s tertiary admissions board, JAMB, has scheduled an emergency stakeholders’ meeting to investigate issues surrounding the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The meeting, billed for Thursday, will bring together education leaders across secondary and tertiary institutions, including school heads, vice-chancellors, assessment experts, and technology consultants, to conduct a technical and administrative review of the exam process.
Public complaints over alleged result irregularities and technical faults have snowballed in the past week, with many candidates questioning the accuracy of their scores. Some claim a wide gap between their expectations and the results published by JAMB, sparking demands for transparency and a possible re-evaluation.
While JAMB has stated that such performance trends are not unusual when compared to past years, the sharp volume of discontent appears to have prompted an early internal audit, a process usually carried out long after the examination season.
A significant number of candidates are also calling for the Board to disclose how results were calculated, citing issues such as incomplete questions and login errors during the test. In a few cases, students are even considering legal steps to contest their scores.
Despite the general underperformance, one student, 15-year-old Afolabi Ayodeji, has emerged as a national sensation after scoring 370 out of 400, reportedly the highest UTME result in over ten years.
JAMB has assured candidates that any cases of verified technical disruptions will be addressed in line with its policies, which include rescheduling affected candidates for a new test.
