UTME 2025: 8,391 Candidates Plan Class Action Lawsuit as JAMB Responds to Technical Glitches

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered an immediate review of the recently finished Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in response to a flurry of public complaints claiming technical issues, missing questions, and abnormally low marks.

This comes as thousands of applicants are reportedly preparing to sue JAMB in a class-action lawsuit over purported exam irregularities.

However, in a statement released Monday by Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the body’s Public Communication Advisor, it acknowledged what it called an “unusual volume of complaints” since the UTME results were announced last Friday.

It claimed that the change had led it to expedite its yearly post-examination review procedure, which normally occurs several months following the exercise.

“The odd allegations coming from a few states in the federation are of special concern to us. To find and address any possible technical problems, we are now carefully reviewing these concerns,” the statement says.

The spokeswoman clarified that the registration, examination, and result release phases of the UTME cycle are all included in the annual evaluation.

He went on to say that JAMB will not think twice about putting the necessary corrective measures in place if any flaws are discovered in the system.

We have enlisted a number of experts to help with this process, such as vice chancellors from different institutions, chief external examiners who are in charge of tertiary institutions, members of the Computer Professionals Association of Nigeria, and the Educational Assessment and Research Network in Africa.

As with the exams themselves, Dr. Benjamin stated, “We will promptly implement appropriate remedial measures if it is determined that there were indeed glitches.”

Alex Onyia, the CEO of Educare and an education advocate, had declared that JAMB would face legal action in the Federal High Court.

According to Onyia, more than 8,000 impacted students have officially protested about the technological difficulties with the test and are requesting that JAMB make the comprehensive score sheets available for validation.

“As of right now, 8,391 students have complained about the JAMB 2025 exam’s glitches,” Onyia wrote on his X page, @winexv. “There is sufficient evidence to demonstrate that JAMB’s system was ineffective, which resulted in significant harm to these students’ mental health.”