Following the outcry over the “unusual” mass failure in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which took place in April, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that 379,997 candidates across six states – Lagos, Imo, Anambra, Oyo, Abia and Ebonyi – will rewrite the examination starting May 16.
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The board’s registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this during a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.
Prof. Oloyede, who broke down in tears while addressing the press, admitted to the error and apologised.
“As Registrar of JAMB, I hold myself personally responsible, including for the negligence of the service provider. I unreservedly apologise for it and the trauma that it has subjected Nigerians to, directly and indirectly. Once again, we apologise and assure you that this incident represents a significant setback for the Board’s reputation.”
Speaking about the problem, Oloyede noted that it was due to the failure to update a technical patch by the service providers.
“In simple terms, while 65 centres (206,610 candidates) were affected in Lagos zone (comprising only Lagos State), 92 centres (173,387 candidates) were affected in Owerri zone, which includes the South East states. In clear terms, in the process of rectifying the issue, the technical personnel deployed by the service provider for LAG (Lagos and South-East zones) inadvertently failed to update some of the delivery servers. Regrettably, this oversight went undetected prior to the release of the results.”
Speaking on the board’s decision on how to rectify the issue, he said affected candidates would rewrite the exam.
“We have decided that all the candidates affected in the 157 centres out of 882 centres will be contacted to retake their examinations starting from Friday, May 16, 2025. These candidates are to be contacted through text messages addressed to their registered phone numbers, their email addresses, their profiles and phone calls by JAMB. They are directed to reprint their examination slips for the rescheduled examination dates.”
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