The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 2025. This resit was conducted for candidates affected by technical issues during the main UTME.
According to a statement released on Sunday by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, a total of 336,845 candidates were rescheduled for the exam. Out of these, 21,082 were absent. While no specific reasons were given for the high number of absentees, JAMB has announced a mop-up exam for those who missed the resit, including candidates without any stated excuse.
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The Board also expressed serious concern over the growing trend of examination malpractice involving candidates, school owners, and some CBT centres.
The resit results were approved following a meeting of Chief External Examiners, chaired by Prof. Olufemi Peters. The results were endorsed based on a psychometric evaluation led by Prof. Boniface Nworgu.
JAMB confirmed the release of results for under-age candidates whose performances fell below acceptable standards. However, it emphasized that these results do not make them eligible for admission unless there is a legal case involved.
“As part of the healing process, the meeting resolved that the withheld results of under-age candidates (except where litigation is involved), who performed below the established standards, be released.
Such result does not, however, qualify them for admission, as they had previously signed an undertaking during the registration process acknowledging that only those who meet the prescribed standards would be considered for under-age special admission,” the statement read.
In a one-time gesture, the Board granted a waiver to candidates involved in online malpractice, such as using WhatsApp platforms to solicit help.
“Release of Result of Candidates involved in ‘WhatsApp Runs’ and other Misdemeanours. This category of candidates were found to have been involved in illicit solicitation of assistance.
The meeting emphasised that its decision is not an endorsement of candidates’ unacceptable acts, but rather a once and for all waiver.
Candidates were thus advised to refrain from joining questionable ‘WhatsApp and other anti-social groups,” JAMB said.
Furthermore, JAMB confirmed that CBT centres found guilty of malpractice would be blacklisted, and their owners prosecuted. Candidates involved in biometric or identity fraud will also 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 CBT centres should be blacklisted, while complicit owners should be prosecuted.”
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