The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released the list of top-performing candidates in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with a prospective University of Lagos student emerging as the highest scorer nationwide. Announcing the results during the 2025 JAMB Policy Meeting held in Abuja on Tuesday, the Registrar of the Board,
As the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results spark widespread concern, mental health experts have called on parents and guardians to offer counselling and emotional support to affected students instead of casting blame. The recent glitches and mass failures in the UTME, which recorded a notably low pass rate, have left many candidates emotionally
The House of Representatives has tendered an official apology to candidates affected by technical hitches during the recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Chairman of the House Committee on Basic Education, Hon. Oboku Oforji, conveyed the apology during a public hearing held at the National
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to immediately commission an independent audit of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) infrastructure following widespread technical disruptions during the 2025 exercise. Hon. Kalu made the call in Abuja on Sunday, stressing the need for
Since the release of JAMB results, barely a week ago,it has generated lots of concerns from many stakeholders in both the academy sector and others who for one reason or the other raises series of concerns about the mass failure of students who sat for the exam. Critics from within Nigeria and overseas wrote many
Lagos, May 15, 2025 — Lagos State University (LASU) has declared its full support for Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in the wake of the recent 2025 UTME setback that invalidated results for nearly 380,000 candidates due to technical failures. In a strongly worded press release signed
The recently released results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have sent shockwaves across the country, raising serious concerns about the state of Nigeria’s education system. Out of 1,957,000 candidates who sat for the examination, only slightly above 420,000 managed to score above the 200-mark benchmark, translating to a troubling 22 percent pass
