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BBC News
23-06-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
All you need know about Jamb mop-up exam
Di Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board don set Saturday, 28 June, to conduct di 2025 UTME mop-up examination. UTME na entrance exams wey pipo wey dey find admission to enta Nigeria public and private universities dey write. Jamb board bin don announce earlier say dem go conduct mop-up exam for candidates wey bin miss di UTME exam for April and di rescheduled UTME exam for May. Dem tell di candidates wey miss di 2025 UTME to start to print dia registration slips from Monday, 23 June. Di slip contain dia examination centres and di time of examination. According to di exam join bodi na 96,838 candidates dem reschedule to sit for di mop-up exam for 183 centres across di kontri. JAMB say di first session for di examination go start by 8 a.m West African time. Wetin happun for di 2025 UTME? Di Join body wey dey run Nigeria university-entrance exams bin admit say dem experience "technical glitch" wey affect some of di results for dis year tests, afta nearly 80% of students bin get low grades. Students bin complain say dem bin no fit log in to di computers, questions no bin dey show and light wahala make am impossible to take di examinations. Di low pass rate bin spark widespread outrage, especially afta one candidate take her own life. Faith Opesusi Timileyin, 19, wey bin wan study microbiology for university, die afta she swallow poison, her family tok. Her father and elder sister bin tell BBC say she bin write di exam for di second time and she get 146 marks out of 400, lower dan 193 wey she get di last year. "Di pain make her take her own life," her father, Oluwafemi Opesusi, tell BBC Pidgin. Generally 200 or above out of 400 dey enough to get a place for university for di exams wey Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) dey organize. Only 400,000 out of di 1.9 million students bin achieve dat mark, na one of di worst performances in recent years. Afta many pipo hala well- well, Jamb say dem go allow students for some areas to retake dia exams. One student, Favour Eke, bin tell BBC say 10 of di165 questions no appear for di screen - all wey she see na multiple choice options for di answers. "Dem tell us to omit di blank questions and kotinu di exam but e bin dey very hard to concentrate afta dat," she tok. She bin also experience technical problems to get her results, e mean say e dey very unlikely for her to get into university dis year - wey be di third time she don take di exams. She bin write di test for di capital, Abuja, wey no be one of di centres wia students bin retake dia exams, dis whole tin really spoil her mind. Anoda student say she bin get trouble to log in to di computer bifor anoda pesin profile mysteriously appear for di screen, wey show different kwesions and den di machine briefly shut down completely. "I bin no get answer to all di kwesions wen dem tell us say our time don end becos a lot of my time I bin waste am sake of those technical difficulties," im tok. Di exam body bin apologise for di "painful damage" and "di trauma wey e bin subject affected Nigerians". For press conference, JAMB registrar Ishaq Oloyede break down in tears as im apologise. Im announce say almost 380,000 candidates for 157 bin dey affected centres dem from a total of 887, wey go able retake dia exams starting from Saturday. Di zones wey dey most affected na Lagos and several states for south-east. JAMB blame a failure of di computer system to upload exam responses by candidates in these areas during the first days of di exams. E say na di "unusual level of public concerns and loud complaints" na im "prompt us to do an immediate audit or review". Ordinarily, dis no for happun for June, it said. Di national exam, wey dem dey call Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), na computer-based test wey be requirement for those wey wan join universities and oda tertiary institutions. Di 2025 test, wey JAMB organize for March, bin dey marred by disruptions due to power outages in some areas. Di head of di exams body earlier bin defended di poor results, e say say e reflect di "true academic abilities" of di students and na becos dem dey clamp down on cheating. Many Nigerians on social media bin dey cal for accountability, with some seeking Oloyede' resignation. Opposition figure Peter Obi bin say while di admission of fault dey commendable,di issue wey dem raise "na very concerning issue on glitches and di grave havoc" for critical institutions. Rights activist Rinu Oduala say na "incompetence. Na educational sabotage. Dem suppose arrest am immediately."
BBC News
25-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Jamb release rescheduled UTME results
Di Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (Jamb) don release di results of di rescheduled 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Fabian Benjamin wey be tok-tok pesin for Jamb yarn dis one for one statement on Sunday 25 May. Di rescheduled exam na for 379,997 candidates wey dia results get comma sake of error wey bin affect 157 centres for Lagos state and di south-east. Jamb say dem release di results afta one professor of educational measurement and evaluation, Boniface Nworgu, review dem. Dem say afta Professor Nworgu review di results, Jamb Chief Examiner also review dem. How to check Jamb results Candidates fit check dia score through dis method. SMS method: Send "RESULT" to 55019 or 66019 wit di phone number you use to register. You go receive SMS wit your score details. Candidates no need to go any CBT centre or cybercafé to check results. Di results wey dem still dey process and di ones wey dey absent go receive message like "under processing" and "absent" respectively. Those wey dey under investigation go receive:
BBC News
20-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Nigerian students dey find Universities wey dey accept low cut-off mark
Secondary school leavers for Nigeria dey search for universities wey fit accept low Jamb cutoff marks for dis year admission, sake of wetin Jamb take students eye see for dia 2025 University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Jamb na di Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board - di exam body wey dey in charge of organising exams for young school leavers for Nigeria wey dem go take enter university, polytechnic, college of education and oda tertiary institutions. Dis 2025 Jamb exam bin record very low marks across di board according to one analysis of di results wey di exam body bin release. Almost two million students bin write di exam dis year, but na about 12,400 of dem score 300 marks. However, Jamb later agree say dia system bin get problem and dat na di reason for di mass failure. Dia oga kpatakpata, Ishaq Oloyede even cry for national TV as e dey apologise to Nigerians for di error. Dem also organise anoda exam for di affected students and di exam resits go conclude dis Tuesday as tori be say di result fit come out on Wednesday. Normally, if pesin get up to 200 for Jamb, dem dey consider am as pass mark, though some universities fit admit pipo wey score 180 for some courses. But recently, sake of di increasing poor performance by students, some universities don bring dia requirement down to 150 Jamb and rumours dey fly say di score go even dey lower dis year. One staff of Abia State University, for southeast Nigeria tell BBC Pidgin say di school neva announce wetin dia cutoff mark go be bicos Jamb exam still dey go on, "but I no expect say e go dey lower dan 140", she tok. Another staff of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, wey im former name na Anambra State University tell our tori pesin say "di university no go accept any jamb score below 150 for courses wey no relate to medicine and law". Similarly, one staff of Sokoto State University, Malam Muazu, tok say "e dey too early for di university do decide wetin dis year cutoff mark go be, especially since Jamb neva even conclude di exams". Di oga wey plead anonymity say di university go get dia policy meeting for August to decide, and by dat time Jamb go don also brief dem officially on wetin to do, but for last year, dia cut off mark na 140. Brief background on JAMB result for recent years For 2022 UTME, Jamb announce say, 378,639 candidates score above 200, 520,596 score 190 and above, while 704,991 score 180 and above. Also, 934,103 score 170 and above and 1,192,057 score 160 and above. For 2024, a total of 1,904,189 candidates sit down for UTME. 1,989,668 register for di exam, wey be 24.7% higher dan di figure for 2023. According to Jamb, out of di 1,842,464 results wey dem release, only 0.4 percent score above 300, while 24 percent score 50 percent (200/400) and above. As dem see dis kain low scores since for 2019 UTME, Jamb and institutions come conclude say make dem reduce and approve national minimum cut-off mark of 160 for university admission for Nigeria. Again for 2022/2023 admission session, Jamb come set di general cut-off mark for universities at 140 and above, as dem see say candidates underperform dat year again. And for dis year data, Jamb show say out of 1.5 million candidates wey write di exam, over 50 percent score below 200 for this year exam. Some universities wey fit accept low jamb scores Based on wetin bin don happen bifor and interview wit staff and students of some tertiary institutions for Nigeria, here na schools wey fit accept low jamb scores, Abia State University (ABSU) Uturu - 140 Ebonyi State University - 140 Ekiti State University - 140 Delta State University - 140 Federal University Gashua - Yobe State - 140 Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, Imo State - 140 Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State - 150 Sokoto State University - 140 Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto - 140 Benue State University Makurdi - 150 For Polytechnics: Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic - Ebonyi State - 100 Delta State Polytechnic - 100 Kano State Polytechnic - 100 Federal Polytechnic Ede - Osun State - 120 Federal Polytechnic Ayede - Oyo State - 120
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Yahoo
Blank questions, power cuts and a suicide: Nigeria's exams fiasco
The body which runs Nigeria's university-entrance exams has admitted to a "technical glitch" which compromised some results of this year's tests, after nearly 80% of students got low grades. Students have complained about not being able to log in to the computers, questions not showing up and power cuts making it impossible to take the examinations. The low pass rate has sparked widespread outrage, especially after one candidate took her own life. Faith Opesusi Timileyin, 19, who was aspiring to study microbiology at university, died after swallowing poison, her family said. Her father and elder sister told the BBC that she had sat the exam for the second time and got 146 marks out of 400, lower than the 193 she had last year. "The pain made her take her own life," her father, Oluwafemi Opesusi, told BBC Pidgin. Generally 200 or above out of 400 is enough to get a place in university in the exams run by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (Jamb). Only 400,000 of the 1.9 million students achieved that mark, one of the worst performances in recent years. One student, Favour Eke, told BBC Igbo that 10 of the 165 questions didn't appear on the screen - all she could see was the multiple choice options for the answers. "We were told to omit the blank questions and continue the exam but it was very hard to concentrate after that," she said. She has also experienced technical problems getting her results, meaning she is very unlikely to get into university this year - the third time she has taken the exams. She sat the test in the capital, Abuja, which is not one of the centres where students can retake their exams, leaving her completely distraught. Another student said he had trouble logging in to the computer before someone else's profile mysteriously appeared on the screen, showing different questions and then the machine briefly shut down completely. "I did not get to answer all the questions when they told us our time was up because a lot of my time was wasted due to those technical difficulties," he said. The exams body has apologised for the "painful damage" and "the trauma that it has subjected affected Nigerians". In a press conference, Jamb registrar Ishaq Oloyede broke down in tears as he apologised. He announced that almost 380,000 candidates in 157 affected centres from a total of 887, would be able to retake their exams starting from Saturday. The zones that are most affected are Lagos and several states in the south-east. Jamb blamed a failure of the computer system to upload exam responses by candidates in these areas during the first days of the exams. It said an "unusual level of public concerns and loud complaints" had "prompted us to do an immediate audit or review". Ordinarily, this would have happened in June, it said. The national exam, known as the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), is a computer-based test that is a requirement for those joining universities and other tertiary institutions. The 2025 test, which was conducted in March, was marred by disruptions due to power outages in some areas. The head of the exams body earlier this week defended the poor results, saying they reflected the "true academic abilities" of the students and were because of a clampdown on cheating. Many Nigerians on social media have been calling for accountability, with some seeking Oloyede's resignation. Opposition figure Peter Obi said that while the admission of fault was commendable, the issue raised "a very concerning issue on glitches and the grave havoc" in critical institutions. Rights activist Rinu Oduala said it was "incompetence. It's educational sabotage. He should be arrested immediately." Additional reporting by Chukwunaeme Obiejesi, Andrew Gift, Madina Maishanu and Marvelous Obomanu in Nigeria 'I screamed': Nigerian Doctor Who fan thrilled show is coming to Lagos Husband of late Nigerian gospel singer sentenced to death Nigerians fear savings lost as investment app freezes them out Nigerian bandit kingpin and 100 followers killed Go to for more news from the African continent. Follow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica Africa Daily Focus on Africa
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Yahoo
Blank questions, power cuts and a suicide: Nigeria's exams fiasco
The body which runs Nigeria's university-entrance exams has admitted to a "technical glitch" which compromised some results of this year's tests, after nearly 80% of students got low grades. Students have complained about not being able to log in to the computers, questions not showing up and power cuts making it impossible to take the examinations. The low pass rate has sparked widespread outrage, especially after one candidate took her own life. Faith Opesusi Timileyin, 19, who was aspiring to study microbiology at university, died after swallowing poison, her family said. Her father and elder sister told the BBC that she had sat the exam for the second time and got 146 marks out of 400, lower than the 193 she had last year. "The pain made her take her own life," her father, Oluwafemi Opesusi, told BBC Pidgin. Generally 200 or above out of 400 is enough to get a place in university in the exams run by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (Jamb). Only 400,000 of the 1.9 million students achieved that mark, one of the worst performances in recent years. One student, Favour Eke, told BBC Igbo that 10 of the 165 questions didn't appear on the screen - all she could see was the multiple choice options for the answers. "We were told to omit the blank questions and continue the exam but it was very hard to concentrate after that," she said. She has also experienced technical problems getting her results, meaning she is very unlikely to get into university this year - the third time she has taken the exams. She sat the test in the capital, Abuja, which is not one of the centres where students can retake their exams, leaving her completely distraught. Another student said he had trouble logging in to the computer before someone else's profile mysteriously appeared on the screen, showing different questions and then the machine briefly shut down completely. "I did not get to answer all the questions when they told us our time was up because a lot of my time was wasted due to those technical difficulties," he said. The exams body has apologised for the "painful damage" and "the trauma that it has subjected affected Nigerians". In a press conference, Jamb registrar Ishaq Oloyede broke down in tears as he apologised. He announced that almost 380,000 candidates in 157 affected centres from a total of 887, would be able to retake their exams starting from Saturday. The zones that are most affected are Lagos and several states in the south-east. Jamb blamed a failure of the computer system to upload exam responses by candidates in these areas during the first days of the exams. It said an "unusual level of public concerns and loud complaints" had "prompted us to do an immediate audit or review". Ordinarily, this would have happened in June, it said. The national exam, known as the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), is a computer-based test that is a requirement for those joining universities and other tertiary institutions. The 2025 test, which was conducted in March, was marred by disruptions due to power outages in some areas. The head of the exams body earlier this week defended the poor results, saying they reflected the "true academic abilities" of the students and were because of a clampdown on cheating. Many Nigerians on social media have been calling for accountability, with some seeking Oloyede's resignation. Opposition figure Peter Obi said that while the admission of fault was commendable, the issue raised "a very concerning issue on glitches and the grave havoc" in critical institutions. Rights activist Rinu Oduala said it was "incompetence. It's educational sabotage. He should be arrested immediately." Additional reporting by Chukwunaeme Obiejesi, Andrew Gift, Madina Maishanu and Marvelous Obomanu in Nigeria 'I screamed': Nigerian Doctor Who fan thrilled show is coming to Lagos Husband of late Nigerian gospel singer sentenced to death Nigerians fear savings lost as investment app freezes them out Nigerian bandit kingpin and 100 followers killed Go to for more news from the African continent. Follow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica Africa Daily Focus on Africa
