The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is auditing the results of the 379,775 candidates who sat the rescheduled 2025 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination (UTME) ahead of the final release on Thursday.
Recall that Fabian Benjamin had on Monday revealed that the results of the rescheduled UTME would be released on Wednesday; however, the board had to shift the date as a result of the latest development.
The audit team includes officials from the JAMB, Civil Societies Organisations, academics, and other independent observers.
According to an insider report, the results were being audited, which is the reason the board could not release them on Wednesday, May 21.
Meanwhile, Is-haq Oloyede, the registrar at JAMB, has disclosed that there will be a fresh round of mop-up examinations to accommodate the over 5.6 percent of candidates who missed the just-concluded 2025 UTME.
Oloyede, who made this known on Wednesday, said the idea is to ensure that all the affected candidates, regardless of the reason for their absence, are not left out.
“This time, we are creating a new mop-up. Even those who missed the earlier exam due to absence will get another opportunity.
“It’s not extraordinary. In any serious system, when students miss an exam, they’re allowed to make up, provided there’s no abuse,” he explained.
Oloyede, speaking on the purpose of the examination, emphasised that the UTME is a placement test, not a measure of intelligence or academic potential.
“Its purpose is to rank candidates for limited admission slots, not to test how smart someone is,” Oloyede said.
Speaking on the ongoing criticism and conspiracy theories being raised against the board, especially on the process of the examination, the JAMB registrar rejected claims of ethnic bias or administrative incompetence.
“I take responsibility, not because I failed, but because that’s leadership.
“I didn’t even realise people viewed issues around me through ethnic lenses. We must rise above such profiling,” Oloyede said.
He, however, praised both candidates and staff for their resilience amid logistical difficulties.
“We had limited space. We knew if we wasted more time grieving the challenges, students would lose their opportunity,” he noted.
The board explained that the special mop-up examination will be scheduled soon and reiterated that it remains committed to transparency and fairness in admissions.
