When The System Fails the Students

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JOINT ADMISSION MATRICULATION BOARD


Tension arises across Nigeria’s educational landscape, as over 8,000 candidates prepare to take legal action against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board—JAMB. Their grievance? Alleged technical failures and incomplete questions that they say sabotaged their chances in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

At the heart of this outcry lies a disturbing statistic: over 1.5 million out of 1.9 million candidates scored below 200 marks. That’s not just a number—it’s a warning siren. And while the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has praised the results as evidence of a clampdown on malpractice, the sheer scale of failure demands a deeper look.

Let’s be clear: if JAMB has made significant strides in fighting exam fraud, that deserves commendation. But that progress must not come at the cost of fairness, transparency, or due process. When thousands of students raise their voices, alleging faulty systems, broken questions, and mental distress, we must listen—not dismiss.

Education advocate Alex Onyia is leading the charge in court, demanding that JAMB release detailed mark sheets and open up a verification process for affected candidates. It’s a reasonable request. After all, we live in a digital age—shouldn’t transparency in scoring be the bare minimum?

These are not just numbers on paper—these are the hopes and futures of Nigerian youth. We cannot afford to erode their trust in a system meant to empower them.

JAMB must respond—not with silence or deflection—but with clarity, accountability, and a commitment to do better. Because when it comes to education, justice delayed is not just justice denied—it’s potential denied.

John Ogunnubi 

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