Thousands of candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are gearing up to take legal action against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) following widespread complaints of technical issues and missing questions during the exam.
Last week, JAMB released the 2025 UTME results, revealing that over 1.5 million of the 1.9 million candidates scored below 200 out of a possible 400 marks. The outcome sparked nationwide concern, especially among students and parents.
While the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, defended the result, attributing it to stricter measures against examination malpractice, many are not convinced.
Alex Onyia, a prominent education advocate and CEO of Educare, announced on Sunday that a lawsuit would be filed against JAMB at the Federal High Court. He revealed that over 8,000 affected students had already submitted complaints, demanding transparency and access to their full exam records.
“Currently, we have 8,391 students who have sent in their complaints regarding the glitches in the JAMB 2025 exam,” Onyia wrote on his X (formerly Twitter) handle, @winexv. “There is ample evidence to prove that JAMB’s system was inefficient, thereby causing serious harm to these students’ mental health.”
“The demand is for JAMB to show all the students their mark sheets to view their results—what they failed, the correct answers, and a seamless way to dispute it. The destinies of these students are at stake,” he added.
Candidates who sat the exam across different centres have shared troubling experiences. One candidate from a CBT centre in Maitama, Abuja, said:
“During the examination, for my Use of English, I noticed that some of my questions were missing. I raised the alarm, and I wasn’t the only one with the issue. When my result came out, I scored 170. JAMB has not addressed the missing questions.”
Another candidate who took the exam on April 26 expressed disbelief at her score:
“Last year I scored 287, this year I got 173. Many others who wrote on the same day complained that their English questions were incomplete. This result is not mine.”
A concerned parent also voiced frustration:
“We demand a remark from JAMB. These are exceptional students scoring below 200. Many complained of incomplete questions and other technical issues. JAMB has said nothing. This cannot be swept under the rug.”
As of the time this report was filed, JAMB had yet to release any official response addressing these specific complaints. Attempts to reach JAMB spokesperson Dr. Fabian Benjamin were unsuccessful.
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