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<\/p>\nThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Nigeria\u2019s central examination body for tertiary admissions, has faced a series of controversies and credibility crises in recent years. From technical errors to financial mismanagement and illegal admissions, the board\u2019s operations have come under intense public scrutiny.<\/p>\n
Below is an updated overview of these issues, incorporating recent developments:<\/p>\n
On May 14, 2025, JAMB officially admitted to technical errors that disrupted the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for several candidates. The board announced rescheduling for genuinely affected individuals. This admission followed a viral complaint by candidate Olawanle Timileyin, who claimed he missed his CBT exam due to a system failure and was told to wait till 2026. JAMB swiftly responded by promising remedial actions.<\/p>\n
In a sharp rebuke, the National Assembly excluded JAMB from the 2025 budget grant, citing questionable spending. Lawmakers flagged suspicious figures including \u20a61.1 billion on refreshments, \u20a6850 million on security and cleaning, and \u20a6600 million on local travel in 2024. With candidates largely funding JAMB through registration fees, this triggered outrage over the board’s accountability.<\/p>\n
JAMB recently named several universities \u2014 including UNN, UNIABUJA, and NOUN \u2014 for bypassing its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). The board declared such admissions null and void, warning against systemic abuse despite previous waivers.<\/p>\n
A surge in forged A-Level results submitted for Direct Entry registration has rattled JAMB. In 2024, 1,665 fake credentials were uncovered. Bayero University Kano even expelled 178 students between 2019 and 2021 for using fake JAMB results, spotlighting rampant credential fraud.<\/p>\n
As of February 2025, nearly 5,000 candidates below the age of 16 had registered for the UTME \u2014 raising ethical questions. JAMB warned parents and schools against pushing minors into the exam process prematurely, citing legal and developmental concerns.<\/p>\n
Reports emerged in early 2025 alleging that candidates with high UTME scores were denied admission. JAMB responded by clarifying that its admission process weighs UTME performance alongside O\u2019level results and post-UTME screening \u2014 not just raw scores.<\/p>\n
JAMB sanctioned 132 CBT centres in 2025 over mismatched candidate data and violations during UTME registration. Out of 2 million registered candidates, about 200 cases involved serious discrepancies \u2014 prompting a clampdown to protect exam integrity.<\/p>\n
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JAMB recently released an additional 36,540 UTME results initially withheld for review, bringing the total released to 1.87 million. Over 26,000 results remain under investigation. Meanwhile, the board warned against fake printed result slips and urged candidates to use official channels only.<\/p>\n
JAMB\u2019s recent years have been marred by high-profile errors, administrative lapses, and credibility battles. While efforts to reform are ongoing, the examination body stands at a critical crossroads \u2014 needing not just policy overhauls but also public trust to remain Nigeria\u2019s gatekeeper for higher education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Nigeria\u2019s central examination body for tertiary admissions, has faced a series of controversies and credibility crises in recent years. From technical errors to financial mismanagement and illegal admissions, the board\u2019s operations have come under intense public scrutiny. Below is an updated overview of these issues, incorporating recent developments: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":358763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[87644,1135,87643,87642],"class_list":["post-358762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-cbt-exam","tag-jamb","tag-jamb-controversies","tag-jamb-errors"],"yoast_head":"\n