UTME 2025: Students Report Drastically Low Scores Compared to 2024, Demand JAMB Review Over Possible Technical Glitches
Confidence UbaniMay 10, 20252 Mins read1.8k 
The release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sparked nationwide outrage over alleged technical failures that may have affected candidate performance.
On Monday, JAMB announced that over 1.5 million of the 2,030,627 candidates who sat for the exam scored below 200. This is well under the minimum mark commonly required by many Nigerian universities.
Since the announcement, social media platforms have received complaints from candidates and parents who believe something went wrong. Many say their results are unexplainably low and do not reflect the level of preparation compared to their previous academic performance.
Oluwaseun, a teacher, said on X: “Something is seriously wrong with the recently released UTME results. These scores do not reflect the abilities, efforts, or track record of our students. Egbaze Victoria scored 295 in last year’s UTME, and now she’s being told she scored 132? And many others”.
Another user shared a similar case: “My daughter scored 260 last year. Now JAMB says she scored 166. She’s been crying. She knows what she wrote.”
Several cases involve students with strong academic records and high performance in mock exams or previous UTME sittings, now receiving below-average scores. One user posted about a candidate with 7 As in IGCSE and a score of 259 in last year’s UTME who allegedly scored 159 this year. Another reported a drop from a 323 mock score to 146 in the main exam.
My sister is brilliant. Her record speaks for itself. This drop is impossible unless something went wrong,” one complaint read.
Many of the grievances point to a pattern. Candidates who took the exam on Saturday, April 26, have reported technical issues such as login delays, freezing systems, and question-loading errors during the test. Some believe these disruptions may have affected the outcome.
The result I saw this morning can’t be mine,” a candidate wrote. “I got 269 last year. I studied harder this year. How did I score 147?”
The uproar had previously drawn the attention of education stakeholders. The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) described the results as disturbing and called for urgent reforms. In a statement, CONUA President, Dr Niyi Sunmonu, said the outcome highlights structural issues in Nigeria’s education sector and raises concerns about the credibility of the UTME process.
The performance index shows a deeply rooted crisis. The limited number of high scorers and overwhelming concentration in the lower brackets reflect serious issues in curriculum delivery, student preparedness, teacher quality, and mastery of computer-based testing,” he said.
Sunmonu added that while student performance is a concern, the volume and consistency of complaints suggest possible technical faults in the exam system. Some parents and students are now calling on JAMB to launch a formal investigation and audit of the exam process.
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I scored 199 last year. And I refused to do another course than mass comm but my JAMB score was not qualified enough. So I decided to write another exam which is this year exam. I read like never before. The most shocking part was that while doing the exam it was sooo simple I expected nothing less than 250. And now jamb is telling me I got 151 how.ridiculous and unbelievable 😪
I was so shocked when I saw my jamb result.I put in relentless efforts and strength that I couldn’t even believe I had in me because, I scored 195 last year being 2024 and I never wanted it to repeat it’s self.
I was looking up to about 250 to 280 as my JAMB score this year I was so confident after writing my exams that day, but after seeing my result, I lost hope. But please with all dew respect,”This is not my result”
Please I don’t need anymore delay in my life .Time is precious and can never be regained.
All I’m asking for is a solution to this problem, please help me out.
I haven’t send my results…honestly I’m getting scarf because I saw on 55 questions in English and 10 out of that 55 was missing… pls someone should tell me what to do
I was so shocked when I saw my jamb result.I put in relentless efforts and strength that I couldn’t even believe I had in me because, I scored 195 last year being 2024 and I never wanted it to repeat it’s self.
I was looking up to about 250 to 280 as my JAMB score this year I was so confident after writing my exams that day, but after seeing my result, I lost hope. But please with all dew respect,”This is not my result”
Please I don’t need anymore delay in my life .Time is precious and can never be regained.
All I’m asking for is a solution to this problem, please help me out.
The only thing that would make me believe that the score they gave me is my actual jamb score is when I see my questions and corrections because I know what I wrote especially in my use of English
This country is messed up
Please JAMB should do something about this 2025 result. There is always a truth in every rumor.
This 2025 UTME exam is the simplest, how can I be getting 153??? IMPOSSIBLE.
In all the CBT training from my school app, my score was never less than 243!! SO I don’t understand why I’m seeing 153.
How can I be getting ENGLISH 36???
Something should be done about this result, this if my future and dreams that you guys are tampering with.
PLEASE!! something should be done.
Mine was 197 last year but 132 this year I still dont understand
JAMB should review and make corrections across result or rather reschedule berieved candidates. This is a problem from the JAMB software not the students.
I scored 191 last year ,I could have scored over 200 but I had a problem with literature so I decided to take lesson I spent a total of 33k on lessons and cbt apps and even though I knew what I wrote jamb still gave me a total of 149 as how?! Even my cousin who didn’t read at all scored something higher
I scored 191 last year ,I could have scored over 200 but I had a problem with literature so I decided to take lesson I spent a total of 33k on lessons and cbt apps and even though I knew what I wrote jamb still gave me a total of 149 as how?! Even my cousin who didn’t read at all scored something higher
I wrote UTME last year and I got 210 and I read harder this year and attended different tutorial and now the result says 145
I know want i wrote that day, especially,
My use of English, after sending so much time doing CBT practice, and sleepless night of reading and praying.
No, this can’t be my result, JAMB please do something.
I know want i wrote that day, especially,
My use of English, after spending so much time doing CBT practice, and sleepless night of reading and praying.
No, this can’t be my result, JAMB please do something.
My result came out low, a score of 140, meanwhile the questions I saw in my exam were remarkably simple.
Pls, the Jamb administratorrs should do something about this
I just don’t know what’s going on in Nigeria or is it that they are using us to make money by failing people so we can come back again next year and the population just keeps increasing
My result came out low, a score of 157 meanwhile the question I answered was very much simple and was answered well by me.
Pls, Jamb do something about this because we the students can’t allow this to go on freely
I read like never before and while writing the exam I felt it was simple I was even happy that I would score something nice buh then am seeing 159 how is that possible
It’s clear the jamb circulated wrong results, my friend that couldn’t sit for exam, he missed the exam, later he checked and jamb gave him 173, how is that possible, other people experienced incomplete question, how jamb mark these people. Me scoring 256 last year, after all the additional preparation and studies, this year I’m seeing 251. Please jamb should do something if possible we should rewrite this exam, because this was not an exam jamb conducted this year
It’s clear that jamb circulated wrong results, my friend that couldn’t sit for the exam, he missed the exam, later he checked and jamb gave him 173, how is that possible, other people experienced incomplete question, how did jamb mark such candidate’s. Me scoring 256 last year, after all the additional preparation and studies, this year I’m seeing 251. Please jamb should do something, if possible we should rewrite this exam, because this was not an exam jamb conducted this year
Last year my jamb score is 200 and 2025 score is 149 after all the stres and sleepless night to read an gain better result. Jamb administrator please do something about this, please.