Candidates who retook the rescheduled 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are flooding social media with joyous testimonies, reporting massive score improvements that sharply contrast with their earlier, disputed results.
One student initially awarded a score of 146 is now celebrating 332, highlighting the extent of the discrepancy that triggered nationwide outrage and forced the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to organise a resit for over 379,000 affected candidates.
“My student that was given 146 now scored 332,” wrote a teacher with the handle @BigSam_Olusanya on X (formerly Twitter). “The one that was given 160 now scored 305! The one that was given 170 now scored 308! I’m the happiest teacher on Earth!”
The UTME resit results, released Sunday, followed JAMB’s admission of technical and human errors caused by service provider failures. More than 1.5 million candidates had earlier scored below 200 in the initial exam, sparking protests and public criticism of the board.
Candidates who sat for the resit are now confirming what many suspected: their original scores didn’t reflect their actual performance.
“From 151 to 307. God is awesome,” posted @DubemSylvia.
@EzubeluValrnti2 said: “First result 154. Resit result 333.”
Another user wrote: “I got 152 at first. With a little preparation now I got 278.”
Alex Onyia, CEO of Educare, shared that a student he supported jumped from 170 to 301. “Finally, our students have been vindicated,” he said.
JAMB has not yet commented on the volume of discrepancies or how many resit scores jumped significantly. But the relief is palpable among students and parents, many of whom feared lost academic years due to the faulty results.
The resit has restored not just scores, but trust — at least for now — in Nigeria’s high-stakes admissions system.
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