Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) don order make dem sharply review di 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) afta plenty Nigerians begin complain say wahala dey wit di exam—like technical gbege, half-half questions and plenty low scores.
For one statement wey dem release through dia Public Communication Adviser, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB talk say dem don see “plenty unusual complaint” wey begin fly since dem release di UTME results last Friday.
Because of dis wahala, di board don decide say dem go do dia usual exam review waka sharp-sharp, instead of to wait months as normal.
JAMB talk say dem dey especially worried about di kain complaint wey dey come from some particular states. Dem say dem dey look di matter well-well now to see whether na technical problem cause am.
According to di statement, di yearly review dey cover three areas: how people register, how di exam take happen, and how results take come out.
Dem talk say if dem find say na true say problem dey, JAMB no go waste time to bring solution.
To make sure everything dey correct, dem don call experts like people from Computer Professionals Association of Nigeria, heads of university wey dem dey call Chief External Examiners, people from Educational Assessment and Research Network in Africa, experts wey sabi measurement, plus vice chancellors from different universities.
JAMB talk say, “If we confirm say problem really dey, we go do wetin we suppose do fast-fast to fix am.”
Dis JAMB action come at di same time wey news dey spread say thousands of candidates dey prepare to sue JAMB over di wahala wey dem face.
Plenty candidates talk say dem see technical gbege and some questions no show well during di exam.
Di matter come scatter online afta JAMB release data wey show say over 1.5 million from di 1.9 million people wey write di exam score below 200 out of 400.
Na so social media catch fire, people begin vex and one hashtag #ThisIsNotMyResult begin trend everywhere.
Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, talk last week say na because JAMB anti-cheating technology dey work well na im make plenty people fail. E say dem suppose use di same technology for WAEC and NECO too.
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, talk say dis kain result no be new thing. E say dis kind performance don happen before.
But even with all dis explanation, people still dey pressure JAMB make dem show full transparency and fairness for how dem mark and release results.
