The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it will release the results of 379,000 candidates who sat for the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Wednesday.
The rescheduled exam was held from Friday through Monday, following widespread complaints of technical and human errors during the initial UTME, particularly in Lagos and the South-East.
These issues significantly affected candidates’ performance, prompting the board to take corrective action.
Speaking to journalists on Monday, JAMB spokesperson Dr. Fabian Benjamin confirmed the release date of the resit results.
“The results of the candidates who took the rescheduled exam will be released on Wednesday,” Benjamin said.
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Meanwhile, the board’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, last week took full responsibility for result errors and was visibly emotional during the announcement of the makeup exam.
Acknowledging the lapses, JAMB said the disruptions necessitated a resit.
According to Prof. Oloyede, 379,997 candidates were impacted by the exam glitches—206,610 across 65 centres in Lagos, and 173,387 in 92 centres across the South-East. He described the situation as an act of “sabotage” and said affected candidates were notified via SMS starting last Thursday.
Tribune Online reports earlier that out of the 1,955,069 candidates who participated in the 2025 UTME, more than 1.5 million scored below 200 out of a total of 400 marks, a development that raised serious concerns about the fairness and credibility of the exam.
An analysis of the UTME results revealed that out of nearly two million processed, only 4,756 candidates (0.24%) scored 320 and above, 7,658 (0.39%) scored between 300–319, 12,414 (0.63%) scored 300 and above, 73,441 (3.76%) scored between 250–299, 334,560 (17.11%) scored between 200–249, 983,187 (50.29%) scored between 160–199, 488,197 (24.97%) scored between 140–159, 57,419 (2.94%) scored between 120–139, 3,820 (0.20%) scored between 100–119, and 2,031 (0.10%) scored below 100.
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