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BREAKING: JAMB Drops Major Update On 2025 UTME — What Every Candidate Must Know
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that all candidates who missed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be given the opportunity to retake the exam.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
This was revealed by JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during a stakeholders’ meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday. The meeting included chief external examiners, civil society organisations, and representatives from various tertiary institutions.
Earlier in April, during the conduct of the 2025 UTME, several candidates had raised concerns over being posted to distant centres, which prevented them from taking the examination. The results were officially released on May 9, following the exam’s conclusion on May 5.
Data analysis showed that more than 78% of candidates scored below 200 out of a total of 400 points. The poor performance triggered widespread criticism and doubts about the credibility of the exam.
In response, JAMB conducted an internal review and discovered a significant technical glitch that affected the results of 379,997 candidates across 157 centres, particularly in Lagos and the South-East. A rescheduled exam (resit) began on May 16 and extended beyond May 19. According to Oloyede, around 95% of the affected candidates in those regions participated in the resit.
To cater to the remaining 5.6% who missed the resit, JAMB has scheduled an additional special mop-up exam. Prof. Oloyede added that all candidates who missed the UTME for any reason, including absence, will be allowed to write the exam again.
“Typically, we conduct a nationwide mop-up for those with valid issues. However, this time we are introducing a new mop-up exam. Even those who were simply absent will be accommodated,” he said.
In a briefing held on May 14, Oloyede explained that the technical failure was caused by faulty server updates from one of JAMB’s service providers. The error disrupted the uploading of candidate responses during the first three days of the exam and went undetected until after the results were released.
The incident prompted the House of Representatives, on May 15, to launch an investigation into JAMB’s technical operations. Prior to that, on April 19, the South-East caucus in the House had called for Prof. Oloyede’s resignation and urged the cancellation and re-conduct of the 2025 UTME.
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