The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released the results of the 2025 UTME resit examination conducted for candidates affected by technical glitches during the main exams.
In a statement issued on Sunday by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the board confirmed that the resit, which was meant to accommodate 336,845 candidates, recorded a surprisingly high number of absentees — 21,082 candidates failed to show up for the exercise.
While the board did not provide specific reasons for the large number of absentees, the development has sparked concern among stakeholders, given the critical role the UTME plays in determining access to tertiary education in Nigeria.
Candidates who sat for the resit are advised to check their results through the official JAMB portal or via SMS.
“Of the 336,845 who were eventually scheduled after isolated good sessions of the affected centres were excluded and their previously unverified candidates were added, 21,082 were absent,” the statement partly read.
Recall that the results of the 2025 UTME were originally released on 9 May.
PUNCH Online had reported that, on May 14, JAMB Registrar Professor Ishaq Oloyede revealed that the results of 379,997 candidates across 157 centres in the Lagos and South-East zones were compromised due to a technical glitch.
During the press conference, the Registrar burst into tears as he apologised for the error and confirmed that affected candidates would be required to retake the examination.
He attributed the issue to faulty server updates, which prevented the proper upload of candidate responses during the first three days of the examination
