JAMB says results of 2025 resit UTME are ready for release

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the results of the reconducted 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are ready. 

The results from JAMB’s 2025 UTME were released on May 9.

An analysis showed that more than 78 per cent of candidates scored less than 200 points out of the 400 maximum points obtainable.

JAMB undertook an early review in response to public protests and uncovered a major “technical error”.

On May 14, Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, said that the results of 379,997 candidates across 157 centres in its Lagos and south-east zones were affected.

He cited faulty server updates that prevented candidate responses from being uploaded during the first three days of the exam.

Oloyede said the problem, which was caused by one of its technical service providers, went undetected before the results were released.

JAMB conducted a resit examination, starting from May 16 and extending beyond May 19.

Speaking to TheCable on Thursday, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokesperson, said the examination results are ready.

Benjamin added that the examination will announce the result in due time.

However, there are reports that JAMB has invited some experts, led by Boniface Nworgu, a professor, to review the UTME results before they are announced.

On Wednesday, Oloyede met with chief external examiners, civil society organisations, and tertiary school stakeholders in Abuja.

Oloyede said there is no evidence of ethnic sabotage in the error that comprised its examination.

Earlier, the house of representatives resolved to probe the examination body over the technical error.

On April 19, the south-east caucus in the house of representatives demanded the resignation of the JAMB registrar.

The lawmakers also called for the cancellation of the 2025 UTME for a fresh examination to be conducted.

While some stakeholders alleged an ethnic conspiracy, the lawmakers cited that the south-east states were most affected by the error.