Smart Boy Who Rewrote UTME Scores 350 in Resit Examination After JAMB Error Made Him To Score 173

• A lady is celebrating the performance of her younger brother, who took the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)
• According to the lady, when her brother took the examination in April, he scored 173 marks due to a glitch that happened
• However, after a resit examination was ordered by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the boy scored 350

A brilliant student who did not do well in the 2025 UTME was one of those who took the resit examination ordered by JAMB.

The boy had taken the examination in April, but he was one of the 379,000 candidates affected by the glitch admitted by JAMB.

According to her sister, Soma, who shared the story on X, the boy initially scored 173, which was considered a failure for someone who is intelligent.

However, after the resit examination, the boy, Onyiuke Samuel Chiemelie, scored 350 marks.

The result shared by Soma shows that her brother scored 77 in English language, 98 in physics, 81 in biology, and 94 in chemistry.

She said her brother was sick during the examination and that he prepared for it alongside his WAEC.

She said:

"My brother's JAMB results just came out today. He got a whopping 350/400. This is after jamb had a glitch and gave him 173. He wrote this exam with a 2-day notice, while preparing for his WAEC and also heavily sick. He is also 15 years old, and this is his first attempt at JAMB."

Soma thanked Nigerians who spoke out and called attention to the glitch until JAMB admitted it.

Her words:

"I want to say a big thank you for every body that helped call out jamb, because I can't imagine how many young minds would have been broken or how many would have given up hope. To the likes of @winexviv and the rest. Thank you."

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JAMB: Reactions trail boy's new UTME result

@iloveitdarker said:

"Oh my God, Samuel is your brother? I'm so happy for him for, we used to sit together in Adams and he'll be doing his best to explain current electricity to me. He talks about you guys non-stop too."

@Emmy_OffiXial said:

"Lmao your family has 10 heads fr. Love it. Congratulations to him. I wish him the best during admission season."

@insycarc said:

"Congratulations. He should take SAT and apply for admission to schools in the USA. He should get a scholarship."

@theARYA00 said:

"This is very commendable. I wish him greater heights and the intellectual capacity of the almighty!"

@LadyGrasha said:

"That's wonderful. Congratulations."

UTME results from 2013 to 2025

On Sunday, May 25, JAMB released a statistical report on the success and failure rates of UTME since 2013.

A better rate of 0.88%, representing 17,025 candidates, had 300 and above in this year's exam. That figure beats those from previous years.

In 2025, 117,373 (6.08%) students scored 250 and above. Also, the success rates in that category were better than what JAMB had recorded since 2013.

A total of 565,988 (29.3%) candidates had 200 or more. The only year that came close was 2017, with 466,081 (27%).

Candidates' UTME scores changed after resit

No wonder people who had earlier sat the exam now had better marks. A biology teacher, John Felix Obughikem, who once had 159, now had 282 despite preparing for the resit on short notice.

Another Nigerian student, who had earlier scored 160, rejoiced after his resit result came out, and she scored 241.

She said she was unhappy about her initial score and wondered if she would ever be able to get into the university with it.

The candidates said:

"I rewrote the JAMB again with a heavy heart but hoped and prayed that God will grant me success. God did it for me for real. Prayer is key and with God all things are always possible..."

Teacher rejects her JAMB result

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a lady had written an open letter to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to lay her complaints.

According to the letter, which she published on Facebook, she was sure that the result sent to her did not belong to her.

The lady is disputing the result because she scored too low compared to her performance in 2024.

Joseph Omotayo, the HoD of the Human Interest Desk, contributed to this report, adding JAMB's statistics on 2025 UTME results.

Proofreading by James Ojo, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng