JAMB Formally Invites Man to Review of 2025 UTME Few Days after He Cried out on Social Media

• The management of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has formally invited an education stakeholder, the CEO of Educare, to a review of the 2025 UTME
• The invite comes days after the Educare boss championed the outcry of some parents and their wards who had low scores in the UTME
• The education stakeholder posted the letter he received from JAMB and promised to share his findings with the public

JAMB has officially invited Alex Onyia, the CEO of Educare, to a review of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), slated for Thursday, May 15, days after he lent his voice to the outcry of some parents and their wards over poor scores in the exam.

Alex displayed the letter JAMB sent him on X (formerly Twitter) and promised to make his findings public after the review.

Alex further urged people to be calm, expressing optimism that something positive would come out of the UTME review. His tweet read:

"I received a formal invitation from JAMB for us to transparently conduct a thorough review of the 2025 JAMB exam. The review date is next tomorrow (Thursday).

"After our review, I will publicly share my findings.

"If you have been troubled, keep calm. I’m hopeful that something positive will come out of it. You burnt candles, had sleepless nights, had high hopes. We will not fail you!"

Content of JAMB's letter

The letter, signed by JAMB's public communication advisor, Fabian Benjamin, PhD, for the registrar, was dated May 13.

JAMB stated that Alex would be part of a review panel constituted to appraise the conduct of the UTME to identify challenges and offer recommendations to prevent a recurrence. A part of the invitation letter read:

"In furtherance of the commitment of the Board to achieve public confidence in its processes, especially against the backdrop of the recent outcry in some quarters following the release of the 2025 UTME results, the Management of the Board has approved your participation to be part of the review panel to appraise the conduct of the examination with the mandate to identify challenges, if there are any, and proffer relevant recommendations to prevent a recurrence..."

See his tweet below:

JAMB's formal invite stirs reactions

@aliyah75333 said:

"JAMB announced massive failure last year, and we didn't see candidates coming out saying, I know what I did, check it well. Definitely, something is wrong somewhere. They should check well. They shouldn't add foolish marks to the scores o. Give us our results or reschedule us."

@Ifiok150847 sad:

".... with the mandate to identify challenges, if there are any, and proffer relevant recommendations to prevent a recurrence."

"Who else noticed that there wasn't anything in the letter suggesting "to correct the anomaly"?"

@chukzeegeorge said:

"Well done odogwu. We are behind you. The bright young ones deserve all the support they can get."

@jenslaw_ said:

"Bold steps worth commendation. Our institutions must display a clear level of transparency and accountability."

@Sire_Sammi said:

"Well done Alex. This is a step in the right direction. Every system in the world needs constant appraisal and feedbacks to function normally. I hope other Nigerian systems follow suit."

@bimbolaroyale said:

"Well done, but please don't go there alone. Go with a lawyer."

@CjBuzo said:

"Well done Alex. One more suggestion, JAMB should provide a system that allows the student to review their scores (at the student costs). This provide additional transparency to the whole process."

In a related story, Legit.ng reported that the Labour Party's 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, had lamented the poor results of the 2025 UTME exercise.

Man decries daughter's UTME score

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a dad had cried out over his daughter's score in the 2025 UTME.

The man attributed the low score to potential issues with the examination process, noting that his daughter had been logged out twice during the exam. Despite re-checking her answers, she received a score that he believed did not reflect her true abilities.

The father emphasised that his daughter was a bright student who had prepared well for the exam. He joined his daughter in calling for an investigation into the matter, suggesting that something may have gone wrong in the examination process this year.

Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng