Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has been requested by the South-East Caucus of the 10th House of Representatives due to the technical glitch found in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam.
Additionally, it demanded that the entire examination be completely canceled and a new start date for the nationwide exercise.
The lawmakers referred to the outcome of the exam as a “national shame” in a statement signed by the caucus leader, Igariwey Iduma Enwo.
They urged the immediate suspension of those in the JAMB’s digital operations and examination logistics in response.
UPDATED: JAMB Registrar Fights Tears, Apologises For Errors In 2025 UTME
The JAMB registrar is portrayed as a good man, but then leadership has to have consequences. We therefore urge Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the JAMB’s Registrar, to do the necessary by stepping down in order to allow for a thorough investigation and remediation of this national embarrassment.
We anticipate no less than that in any civilized democracy.
During a press briefing on May 14, Oloyede acknowledged that errors had an impact on candidates’ performance at the country’s 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, which was held at various locations throughout the country.
As Oloyede wiped the tears from his eyes with a white handkerchief, he said, “We are human and we are not perfect. It is our culture.”
Following widespread complaints of technical issues, unusually low scores, and alleged irregularities in the questions and answers during the exercise, he also announced that about 379, 997 candidates would retake the test.
157 out of the 887 centers were affected by a technical glitch, according to JAMB, which led to the candidates’ general poor performance in all other areas.
However, the lawmakers from the South-East claimed that “JAMB’s so-called “score distortions” were having an immediate impact on the five southeastern states they represent, “with no exception”.
They claim that the situation “has clearly shaken the trust and confidence of students and families across the country” due to “a catastrophic and catastrophic institutional failure.”
The lawmakers also argued that making amends for the 2025 UTME examination’s implications was insufficient.
The tainted and flawed results of the UTME exam, according to them, “have clearly stripped and denied them of any “equal and adequate educational opportunities” for the thousands of students across the five South Eastern states of Nigeria.”
Source: Channels TV
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