UTME 2025: MURIC sends powerful message to JAMB over technical glitches in northern states

• MURIC has called connected JAMB to undertake a broad and autarkic audit of its introspection infrastructure to code caller method glitches experienced during the UTME 2025
• MURIC urged JAMB to prosecute experts to thoroughly analyse its computer-based trial (CBT) systems, question transportation mechanisms, reply validation processes, and effect collation methods
• In a connection obtained by Legit.ng connected Monday morning, May 19, 2025, the Islamic quality rights organisation raised a caller alarm concerning the JAMB introspection glitch

Legit.ng writer Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has implicit 9 years of acquisition covering education successful Nigeria and worldwide.

Iba, Lagos state - The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) connected Monday, May 19, called the attraction of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) to reports that the caller technical glitches which necessitated retaking of examinations successful Lagos and the south-east.

In a connection by Professor Ishaq Akintola, its founder, obtained by Legit.ng, the salient Islamic quality rights organisation claimed that the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) 2025 setback besides affected immoderate candidates successful definite parts of the north.

Ishaq Akintola-led MURIC demands probe into alleged JAMB exam glitches successful bluish Nigeria. Photo credit: @TIBmovement
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The group, therefore, asked the authorities of JAMB to analyse the purported study "and bash the needful if recovered to beryllium true".

According to the statement, this is indispensable to guarantee fairness, equity, and determination balance.

'JAMB glitch erodes nationalist pride,' south-east senators

Meanwhile, southeast senators person declared arsenic unacceptable the caller JAMB introspection glitch that occurred successful immoderate centres successful Lagos and crossed the full south-east, saying it erodes nationalist pride.

The caucus, successful a caller connection by its chairman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, acknowledged what it described arsenic “the timely acceptance of responsibility arsenic expressed done the unfastened declaration of regrets and tearful apology by the JAMB management, peculiarly its registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede.”

In caller days, disapproval has been directed astatine JAMB implicit the unfortunate method glitches that marred segments of the UTME 2025.
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While the caucus expressed hesitation successful afloat accepting the communicative that determination is simply a “narrow docket being pursued to deliberately shortchange and harm the aboriginal of our children,” it warned that a recurrence of specified an incidental would not beryllium tolerated, The Nigerian Tribune reported.

It stressed that the glitch could perchance jeopardize children's acquisition advancement successful the southeast geopolitical zone.

UTME 2025 results: JAMB's fault

Legit.ng reports that JAMB had earlier admitted that a method mistake affected the results of much than 370,000 candidates crossed 157 centres successful Lagos authorities and the southeast.

Following a stakeholder reappraisal amid wide concerns implicit candidates' debased scores, the committee admitted to a method issue.

The occupation was attributed to a faulty bundle update, prompting the committee to denote a re-examination for affected candidates, starting May 16.

Over 1.9 cardinal candidates sat this year’s UTME, of which 1.5 million—or 78 per cent—scored little than 200 retired of the 400 obtainable points.

However, immoderate candidates protested their debased scores, insisting they performed amended than their results showed. Other Nigerians connected societal media besides criticised JAMB for what they described arsenic a monolithic failure.

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UTME 2025: JAMB speaks connected checking results connected its website

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that JAMB asked UTME 2025 candidates to cheque their results done the telephone fig utilized for registration.

Alternatively, JAMB urged candidates to hold patiently till the UTME 2025 wholly comes to an extremity to cheque their results connected the website.

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Source: Legit.ng