2025 UTME: Maths Teacher Who Rewrote JAMB Exam After Initially Scoring 317 Shares His New Result

2025 UTME: Maths Teacher Who Rewrote JAMB Exam After Initially Scoring 317 Shares His New Result

  • A Nigerian teacher who retook the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has excitedly made his result public
  • The secondary school teacher displayed his first UTME result, which was released in April, showing he had earned 317 on aggregate
  • In an exclusive chat with Legit.ng, John Felix Obughikem, a biology teacher for 18 years, sent a message to the JAMB board regarding future exams

Ejikeme Nkemdirim David, a secondary school mathematics teacher, has posted his new UTME result on TikTok.

David, who tagged himself the youngest teacher due to his age, was delighted with his resit performance and shared a video of himself dancing in an empty classroom.

Ejikeme Nkemdirim David, a Nigerian mathematics teacher, goes viral on TikTok over his new 2025 UTME result.
Ejikeme Nkemdirim David, a Nigerian mathematics teacher, trends on TikTok as he shares his result after retaking the 2025 UTME result. Photo Credit: @mynameisnkem
Source: TikTok
"Finally doing this dance because I scored 327 in my JAMB and my students aren't in class," he wrote.

Teacher's 2025 UTME resit result trends

From the result displayed on TikTok, teacher David had 327 on aggregate. He scored 68 in English, 88 in Mathematics, 92 in Physics, and 79 in Chemistry.

In the comments section, David disclosed that he was 17 and teaching JSS2 students Mathematics and SS2 students Physics in his school.

"Well am 17 but maths (Js2)and physics (SS2)," he wrote.

In the first UTME he wrote this year, David had 317 on aggregate, which translates to 63 in English, 92 in Mathematics, 90 in Physics, and 72 in Chemistry when broken down.

Biology teacher's advice to JAMB ahead of UTME 2026

Legit.ng asked John Felix Obughikem, a biology teacher for 18 years who rewrote the 2025 UTME, if he had any words for the JAMB board regarding future exams, and he said:

"The JAMB board is saddled with the responsibility of conducting entrance exam into the tertiary institutions. As such the board should sit up, put their nose on the ground to plug any hole that may discredit the hard work of the Board.

"Results should be reviewed and published on the next day after each exam or at most 2 days after. This will help mitigate any of such glitches that occurred during this 2025 JAMB exam."
Ejikeme Nkemdirim David, a Nigerian secondary school mathematics teacher, posts his new 2025 UTME result on TikTok.
Ejikeme Nkemdirim David, a Nigerian secondary school mathematics teacher, is in the news over his new UTME result shared on TikTok. Photo Credit: @mynameisnkem
Source: TikTok

View his result here:

People react to mathematics teacher's UTME result

Legit.ng has compiled some reactions to the teacher's UTME result below:

🦋phoebe🦋 said:

"Them Dey do both phy and maths together??"

🌟Dàñ Dê Gréât🌟 said:

"You no dey smile."

Official_Princess said:

"Congratulations dear e no easy."

BLès Sîñg said:

"Congratulations boss m."

WOLF⁷ said:

"Congratulations 😂😂😂 youngest teacher congrats."

Annie keshie💕🥹😌 said:

"Omo congrats is not easy."

Rachie pearl 🌹🦋 said:

"Nah small remain I for type pupils not students thank God for comment section."

Little Queen😘💝 said:

"Youngest teacher ti bawo, I'm 16, and i'm senior class biology and physics teacher."

Education expert hails rare academic boldness

Reacting, educational consultant Folaranmi Ajayi described the move as uncommon but achievable for highly prepared students.

He told Legit.ng:

“For those who performed excellently well before and after they had to resit for the exam, it goes to show how highly prepared they were earlier. Because it is very rare for you to pass the exam at first, resit again and pass.”

2025 UTME: Impact of JAMB's system glitch

Meanwhile, before JAMB admitted that there was a system glitch, the initial results the exam body released were met with severe complaints from the public.

A lady rejected the initial result of her brother, Babatunde Peace Ifeoluwa, saying that this did not reflect the boy's previous and consistent academic performances.

A copy of Babatunde's WAEC result showed he had six A's and two B's. However, in the UTME, he scored 39 in English, 45 in Mathematics, 41 in Physics, and 44 in Chemistry, giving him an aggregate of 169.

JAMB releases statistical report after resits

JAMB's report also showed that its candidates' 2025 results were the best so far since 2013, after a resit was conducted.

According to its analysis, 17,025 (0.88%) candidates scored 300 and above, compared to 2015 when only 40 (0.003%) students achieved the same feat.

In a related story, Legit.ng reported that the biology teacher who rewrote the 2025 UTME had shared why he retook the examination.

Teacher displays his UTME resit result

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a biology teacher who rewrote the 2025 UTME after scoring 159 in his first exam had displayed his new result online.

In a Facebook post, the teacher displayed his UTME resit result and opined that he must have scored higher in the previous one if he could pull this number in a resit.

He took pride in his earlier public outcry, saying it had helped save the younger students who wouldn't have said anything about their low scores if it was not mentioned.

Joseph Omotayo, the HoD of the Human Interest Desk, contributed to this report, adding a lady's reaction to JAMB's glitch and the exam's body analysis after it had conducted a resit exercise.

Editorial assistant Ololade Olatimehin provided exclusive commentary from an education expert for this report.

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Source: Legit.ng

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