BREAKING: JAMB ACKNOWLEDGES MISTAKES IN 2025 UTME

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By: Motunrayo Aniwura

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board finally acknowledged on Wednesday that mistakes had been made that had an impact on students’ results on the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Board’s Registrar, acknowledged this at a news conference in Abuja that was still going on.

“What should have been a moment of joy has changed due to one or two errors,” Oloyede said.

The UTME is a critical prerequisite for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. It tests candidates in four subjects, including the compulsory Use of English, with the other three drawn from their proposed field of study.

Of the 1.9 million candidates who sat the UTME, over 1.5 million reportedly scored below 200 out of the maximum 400 marks, raising concerns across the education sector.

According to the examination agency, a total of 1,955,069 results were processed, out of which only 4,756 candidates (0.24 per cent) scored 320 and above, considered top-tier performance, while 7,658 candidates (0.39 per cent) scored between 300 and 319, bringing the total for those who scored 300 and above to 12,414 candidates (0.63 per cent).

Also, 73,441 candidates (3.76 per cent) scored between 250 and 299 while 334,560 candidates (17.11 per cent) scored between 200 and 249.