JAMB UTME Resit: Teacher Who Scored 37 in Biology Cries Out, Says He Has Another Exam on Friday

• The Nigerian teacher who took the JAMB examination and failed his own subject has been allotted a time to resit it
• The teacher who has been teaching biology for 18 years said he has been told to resit the examination on Friday, May 16
• However, he has lamented that he has another examination on the same day, and he is wondering how he would meet up

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled the examination for a teacher who scored low marks.

The teacher had cried out that the scores given to him did not reflect his actual performance in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

In a Facebook post, John Felix Obuighkem said he has a degree in biology and that he has been teaching the subject for 18 years.

However, he wrote the 2025 UTME and scored only 37 in the subject. He promptly rejected the result. His overall score was 159.

He wrote:

"How on earth is it possible that I will score 37 in my own Biology I have first degree on and have taught it for 18 years? Anybody who knows me knows that under no circumstances can I have a score as low as this. Throughout my days of seeking my first admission, there wasn't a day I scored below 200. Those were days when JAMB was tough like uncooked Kanda, talk of these years when JAMB even asked questions on concord and possessive pronouns. Leki headmaster that I am sure I failed only one question, or is it the comprehension?"

Now, JAMB has sent him a message to resit the examination following the discovery that an error led to the failure of people like him.

He has been told to resit his examination on Friday, May 16. But in a Facebook post, Felix said he has another examination on that day.

He said:

"Please JAMBHQ if you are rescheduling my exam, let it not be on Friday morning. Please I have another exam between 9:30 and 11:30. If it must be on Friday, let it be 3:00 PM session."

In yet another post, Felix lamented that he does not know how he is going to meet up with the two examinations.

He said:

"JAMBHQ has rescheduled my exam on Friday 16-05-2025 by 2:00 pm. My only fear is that I have another exam at Umuahia same day by 9:30 AM. How I wish I had my own vehicle."

Facebook reactions as JAMB rescheduled examination

Bob Chinwendu Nwankwo said:

"If your exams will stop by 12noon, you will make it to Aba by 2pm. Na only mental health go worry you but God dey for you shaaa."

Loveth Ojinka said:

"You will navigate through this challenging situation successfully. Good luck to you Sir."

Godwin Alaribe said:

"I wish you success.go the Lord will be with you. Congratulations to you."

JAMB admits error in UTME results

On Wednesday, May 14, JAMB completed its review process and found out that there was indeed an error in how thousands of results were graded.

Nigerians called for the immediate sack of JAMB's head, Professor Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede. Oloyede cried while admitting to the error and apologising to Nigerians.

In a press release, he said:

"I understand that there are three powerful expressions which contain one word, two words and three words respectively. They are please, thank you and I am sorry. So, I appeal to the candidates and those affected by the error of our system to accept this explanation as the truth of the matter without embellishment, PLEASE. I apologise and take full responsibility not just in words."

Man checks his children's UTME results

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian man shared a video of the moment he attempted to check his children's performance in the 2025 UTME.

The man's two daughters were jittery when he said he wanted to personally check their scores in the UTME.

After sending the required code to the JAMB exam checking number, the man shared the response he got.

Joseph Omotayo, the HoD of the Human Interest Desk, contributed to this report, adding JAMB's press release as it apologised over errors in the 2025 UTME results.

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

Source: Legit.ng