JAMB Orders Swift Review of 2025 UTME As Public Outrage, Complaints, Litigation Threats Mount

By: Olufemi Orunsola 

Following a barrage of public outrage abd complaints alleging technical glitches, incomplete questions, and unusually low scores, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered an immediate review of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports that the Board, in a statement issued by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, acknowledged what it described as an “unusual volume of complaints” since the release of the UTME results last Friday.4

According to him, the development had prompted it to fast-track its annual post-examination review process, which typically takes place months after the exercise.

“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,” the statement read.

The spokesperson of the examination board explained that the annual review covers three stages of the UTME cycle—registration, examination, and result release.

He added that if any faults are found in the system, JAMB would not hesitate to implement “appropriate remedial measures.

“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.”

The exam board noted that “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.

Meanwhile, OTN News observes that the swift call for review of the results by 

JAMB’s is coming amid reports that thousands of candidates are preparing to file a class-action lawsuit against the Board over the alleged irregularities.

Also, there have been multiple caaes of claims by candidates who wrote the examinations that they encountered technical malfunctions and inconsistent question displays during the examination.