\nThousands of candidates who sat the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination are set to file a lawsuit against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, following widespread complaints of technical glitches and incomplete questions that allegedly marred the exam.<\/p>\n
Last week, JAMB announced that over 1.5 million out of the 1.9 million that sat this year\u2019s UTME scored below 200 out of the total 400 marks.<\/p>\n
The outcome raised concern in the country, with the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, asserting that the mass failure showed effective anti-malpractice efforts by JAMB.<\/p>\n
However, popular education advocate and Chief Executive Officer of Educare, Alex Onyia, announced on Sunday that legal proceedings would commence at the Federal High Court on Monday against JAMB.<\/p>\n
Onyia revealed that over 8,000 affected students had submitted formal complaints, calling on JAMB to release detailed marking sheets and allow candidates to verify their scores.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurrently, we have 8,391 students who have sent in their complaints regarding the glitches in the JAMB 2025 exam,\u201d Onyia posted on his X (formerly Twitter) page, @winexv. \u201cThere is ample evidence to prove that JAMB\u2019s system was inefficient, thereby causing serious harm to these students\u2019 mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cThe demand is for JAMB to show all the students their mark sheets to view their results\u2014what they failed, the correct answers, and a seamless way to dispute it. The destinies of these students are at stake.\u201d<\/p>\n
The controversy comes on the heels of JAMB\u2019s official release of the 2025 UTME results on Friday.<\/p>\n
According to the Board, more than 1.5 million out of the 1.9 million candidates scored below 200\u2014less than half the total obtainable score of 400\u2014raising national concerns about mass failure.<\/p>\n
While the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, claimed the result reflected the government\u2019s success in curbing exam malpractice, candidates and parents have pointed fingers at JAMB\u2019s technology failures.<\/p>\n
A candidate who sat the examination at a CBT centre in Maitama, Abuja, told The PUNCH: \u201cDuring the examination, for my Use of English, I noticed that some of my questions were missing. I raised the alarm, and I wasn\u2019t the only one with the issue. When my result came out, I scored 170. JAMB has not addressed the missing questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another candidate who wrote the exam on April 26 said she was shocked by her result.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
A parent also called for a review, saying: \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, JAMB has yet to issue an official response addressing the specific complaints raised by candidates.<\/p>\n
Attempts to reach JAMB\u2019s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, for comments were unsuccessful as of the time of filing this report.
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