Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, revealed that he briefly contemplated resigning following a major technical error that disrupted the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The results of the 2025 UTME were released on May 9, with a performance breakdown showing that over 78% of candidates scored below 200 out of the maximum 400 points.
JAMB undertook a review in response to public protests and uncovered a major “technical error” that compromised results.
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Oloyede said, on May 14, that the results of 379,997 candidates across 157 centres in its Lagos and south-east zones were affected.
He cited faulty server updates that led to the failure to upload candidate responses during the first three days of the exam.
Oloyede said the problem, which was caused by one of its technical service providers, went undetected before the results were released.
JAMB conducted a resit examination, starting from May 16 and extending beyond May 19.
He explained that a flawed server update from one of JAMB’s technical service providers led to the failure to upload candidates’ responses during the first three days of the exam. The issue went unnoticed until after the results were published.
JAMB subsequently organised a resit examination, which began on May 16 and continued beyond May 19.
Speaking at a meeting with chief external examiners, civil society organisations and stakeholders in the tertiary education sector on Wednesday in Abuja, Oloyede addressed the controversy and calls for his resignation. Some critics had alleged ethnic bias and sabotage about the UTME mishap.
“When it happened, my first reaction is to resign. But people advised me that the students will never forgive me because it will look like you abandoned them at such a time,” Oloyede said.
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