The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB on Monday has officially responded to public complaints and outcry about its recently released 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results.
The Board described as the complaints as “unusual complaints” while adding that it came from few states of the Federation.
While JAMB said it acknowledges the complaints, it is currently fast forwarding its annual system review.
“In response, the Board is fast forwarding its annual system review—a comprehensive post-mortem of the examination process that is conducted each year months after the exercise,” The spokesperson of the Board, Fabian Benjamin said in a statement.
The Board’s annual review encompasses three key stages: registration, examination, and result release. During the examination phase, JAMB ensures that every candidate is afforded the opportunity to sit for the test.
Should any technical issues arise, the Board reschedules the examination for affected candidates without hesitation, the statement noted.
“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.
“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.”
Thousands of candidates who sat the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination are set to file a lawsuit against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, following widespread complaints of technical glitches and incomplete questions that allegedly marred the exam.
Last week, JAMB announced that over 1.5 million out of the 1.9 million that sat this year’s UTME scored below 200 out of the total 400 marks.
However, popular education advocate and Chief Executive Officer of Educare, Alex Onyia, announced on Sunday that legal proceedings would commence at the Federal High Court on Monday against JAMB.
Onyia revealed that over 8,000 affected students had submitted formal complaints, calling on JAMB to release detailed marking sheets and allow candidates to verify their scores
