Ezekiel Awojide
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Wednesday betrayed emotion and broke into tears as he apologised the errors in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
Oloyede, during a news conference in Bwari, took responsibility for the errors in the just concluded examinations.
“I apologise for the trauma caused the candidates and I take full responsibility for this,” he said.
He admitted that errors were made during the 2025 UTME after the investigations were carried out.
Oloyede said 379,997 candidates in the five states of the South East and Lagos will be rescheduled for another UTME.
Oloyede, who took responsibility for what he described as a “sabotage” of the 2025 UTME, said the affected candidates will start getting text messages from the Board starting Thursday.
He said, “The affected candidates will start getting text messages for reschedule starting from tomorrow.
“I apologise, I take full responsibility.”
Of the 1.9 million candidates who sat the UTME, over 1.5 million reportedly scored below 200 out of the maximum 400 marks, raising concerns across the education sector.
According to the examination body, a total of 1,955,069 results were processed, out of which only 4,756 candidates (0.24 percent) scored 320 and above, considered top-tier performance, while 7,658 candidates (0.39 percent) scored between 300 and 319, bringing the total for those who scored 300 and above to 12,414 candidates (0.63 percent).
Also, 73,441 candidates (3.76 percent) scored between 250 and 299, while 334,560 candidates (17.11 percent) scored between 200 and 249.
A total of 983,187 candidates (50.29 percent) scored between 160 and 199, which is widely regarded as the minimum threshold for admissions in many institutions.
In the same vein, 488,197 candidates (24.97 percent) scored between 140 and 159, 57,419 candidates (2.94 percent) scored between 120 and 139, 3,820 candidates (0.20 percent) scored between 100 and 119, and 2,031 candidates (0.10 percent) scored below 100.
Over 75 percent of all candidates (1.5 million) scored below 200, an average score seeing as the examination is graded over 400.
