The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has admitted responsibility for the mass failure that trailed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, fought tears at a press conference on Wednesday, while admitting to the ugly development.
He announced that about 379,997candidates in the just concluded 2025 examination would retake the examination.
This followed widespread complaints of technical glitches, unusually low scores, and alleged irregularities in the just-concluded UTME.
Prof. Oloyede, who wept profusely, intermittently wiping his face with a handkerchief, said he took full responsibility for the negligence of its staff, revealing that 65 centres in Lagos and 92 centres in Owerri Zone covering the five states in the South East, would rewrite the exam.
He said, “206,610 in 65 centres were affected in Lagos and 92 centres in the Owerri zone comprising 173,387 candidates in the five states of the South East were affected.”
While taking responsibility for what he described as a “sabotage” of the 2025 UTME, Oloyode said the affected candidates will start getting text messages from the Board starting Thursday.
He added, “The affected candidates will start getting text messages for rescheduling starting from tomorrow.
“I apologise, I take full responsibility.”
Of the 1.9 million candidates who sat the UTME, over 1.5 million reportedly scored below 200 out of the maximum 400 marks, raising concerns across the education sector.
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