JAMB makes U-turn: Set to review UTME Result 2025

In a surprising development, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced plans to review the UTME Result 2025. This move comes after days of public concern and widespread complaints from candidates, parents, and education stakeholders regarding the credibility and accuracy of this year’s results. Many candidates reported inconsistencies, including significantly lower scores than expected and missing subject results, sparking calls for transparency and a thorough investigation.

Initially, JAMB had defended the integrity of the UTME Result 2025, attributing discrepancies to technical issues or candidate errors. However, following mounting pressure and additional internal assessments, the examination body has decided to reassess some of the released results. According to official statements, the review process will focus on identifying possible technical faults, verifying candidate complaints, and ensuring that no student is unfairly disadvantaged.

The announcement has been met with mixed reactions—hopeful for those who believe their scores do not reflect their performance, and cautious optimism from others waiting to see the outcome. As JAMB prepares to conduct this review, students are advised to remain calm and stay updated through official channels. This decision marks a significant shift in JAMB’s usual policy stance and could influence future examination processes.

Background on JAMB UTME Result 2025 released

Recall that JAMB, on Friday last week, officially released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination to the public. However, the statistics of the exam were released before the results were accessed by the candidates. According to the examination board, a total of 1,955,069 results were processed, with a breakdown contained in the table below:

Number and percentage of candidates	Scores
4,756 candidates (0.24%)	320 and above
7,658 candidates (0.39%)	300 and 319
73,441 candidates (3.76%)	250 and 299
334,560 candidates (17.11%)	200 and 249
983,187 candidates (50.29%)	160 and 199
488,197 candidates (24.97%)	140 and 159
57,419 candidates (2.94%)	120 and 139
3,820 candidates (0.20%)	100 and 119
2,031 candidates (0.10%)	below 100

These figures above show that over 75% of all candidates (1.5 million) scored below 200; the average score seen since the examination was graded was over 400.

The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, claimed that the result released was in line with what has been obtainable by the board in the past 12 years. He emphasized, however, that such results are not unusual and align with historical patterns.

• “This is not peculiar to this year. The performance statistics are consistent with those of the last 12 years,” he said.

• In 2024, 76 percent of candidates who sat the UTME scored less than 200 points.

• In 2022, 1.3 million candidates out of 1.7 million—or 78 percent—who sat the 2022 UTME scored below 200, according to JAMB.

• In 2021, only 803 candidates out of 1.3 million—or 0.06 percent—who sat the 2021 UTME scored above 300.

In another vein, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, while also reacting to the results, said the high failure rate in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination was clear evidence that the government’s anti-malpractice measures were yielding results, especially within the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board system.

Complaints from parents and candidates against the UTME Result 2025

Since the release of the results, candidates who sat for the exam have done everything possible to condemn the outcome as a mere charade. Parents have also not exercised restraint in the way they have condemned the exercise and outcome. The candidates and parents have continued to allege discrepancies in the release of results, with some calling on the Board to release the modalities with which it scored each candidate. Some candidates have rejected their results, insisting they do not reflect their actual performance.

A group of candidates, numbering over 8,000, has reportedly submitted complaints regarding technical glitches experienced during the examination. The candidates, their families, and concerned Nigerians have also taken to social media to express concerns over the results, insisting that the released results do not reflect their performances, using the hashtag #thisisnotmyresult to protest their scores.

“11,467 complaints have been filed already. Students may have to rewrite JAMB at JAMB’s own expense.

“JAMB may have to publicly apologize to all these Nigerian students.”

In light of the ballistic condemnation from both candidates and parents, JAMB on Monday, yesterday, announced that it was reviewing the UTME results. This move by the exam board could be the only way to restore hope to students whose hopes have been dashed to rock.

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