The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been counselled by the panel set up to review the poor performance of candidates at the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to release the results of all underage children.
James Nnanyelugo, a representative of the Educare Tech Team at the panel, disclosed this on Thursday via his X handle, when he stated, “I promise to share the full detailed report on what went on with JAMB re-sit review today.”
Speaking on what transpired at the panel sitting, Nnanyelugo explained that the JAMB registrar opened the floor for deliberation on whether the results of the remaining candidates (underage) should be released or withheld.
“A consensus was reached to release all such results for this sitting only, with a stipulation that higher institutions must uphold the regulation regarding minimum admission age,” he said.
According to him, the registrar defined an underage candidate as anyone who would be less than 16 years old by October.
Furthermore, he explained that the number of underage candidates increased from 456 to 597, and that they were ranked for “gifted” consideration and would undergo further verification in the words of the JAMB registrar.
“Overall, the review indicated that a reasonable number of candidates who participated in the re-sit scored above 200, with samples ranging from 66 percent (146/221) to 72 percent (127/177),” he further explained.
Moreover, he disclosed that the re-sit UTME recorded a 95 percent attendance rate, and that JAMB would give room for all absentees to retake the examination.
Recall that the rescheduled examination was conducted between Friday and Monday, following widespread complaints of technical and human errors during the initial UTME examination.
Ishaq Oloyede, the registrar of JAMB, had on Friday, May 10, disclosed that 379,997 candidates were affected, 206,610 across 65 centres in Lagos and 173,387 in 92 centres in the south-eastern states.
JAMB said the glitches necessitated rescheduling the examination, acknowledging lapses in its system.
