The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of its resit examination for candidates affected by a technical error during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The announcement was made in a statement by Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, on Sunday morning.
Out of the 336,845 candidates rescheduled for the exam, 21,082 were absent. While no detailed explanation was provided for the high absenteeism, the Board announced that a mop-up exam would be held for those who missed the test, including candidates whose absence was unexplained.
JAMB also voiced serious concerns over widespread malpractice involving candidates, school owners, and Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres. Following a meeting of Chief External Examiners chaired by Prof. Olufemi Peters, the resit results were approved based on a psychometric analysis led by Prof. Boniface Nworgu.
As part of what it described as a “healing process,” JAMB released the results of under-aged candidates—excluding those involved in ongoing litigation. However, it reiterated that such candidates remain ineligible for admission unless they meet specific standards previously agreed upon during registration.
The Board also granted a one-time waiver to candidates involved in online misconduct such as “WhatsApp Runs.” It warned that this waiver does not legitimize their actions and cautioned students to avoid joining suspicious groups or participating in illicit solicitation for examination assistance.
Sanctions have been extended to implicated CBT centres, which will be blacklisted, while their proprietors and staff involved in registration or identity fraud will face legal action.
“The meeting condemned the involvement of some CBT centres in perpetrating serious registration and examination malpractices and resolved that all the implicated centres be blacklisted, while complicit owners should be prosecuted,” the statement read.
JAMB further criticized the role of unregulated tutorial centres in promoting malpractice and called on the government to begin regulating such institutions. The Board also reaffirmed its commitment to the CBT model, revealing plans to work with consultants to improve registration and examination systems.
The Board condemned efforts to politicize the technical glitch along tribal or sectional lines, calling such attempts divisive and harmful. It emphasized that the glitch was purely technical and not aimed at any region or ethnic group.
Additionally, JAMB dismissed circulating claims of extremely high scores among affected candidates, stating that 99% of candidates in the cancelled sessions scored below 200, with only a few reaching 217. The Board also debunked a viral claim by one Olisa Gabriel Chukwuemeka, who falsely asserted he scored 326. Investigations revealed he had altered his 2024 result of 203 and scored 180 in 2025 before his result was officially withdrawn.
The original 2025 UTME results were released on May 9. However, on May 14, JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede announced that results from 379,997 candidates across 157 centres had been compromised due to a server malfunction. Visibly emotional, he apologised to affected candidates, attributing the issue to failed server updates that disrupted the upload of exam responses during the first three days of the exam.
