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swiz123:
All I see here is Sowore, I am sure Ibime secretly agrees.

[b] I promised I will share a detailed technical report of what happened after our review with JAMB core system.

Carefully read it please…

JAMB 2025 UTME Technical Review Report

On Tuesday, the 14th of May 2025, a high-level technical review session was convened at the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) headquarters in Abuja. The meeting, presided over by the esteemed Registrar, Professor Ishaq Olanrewaju Oloyede, was initiated in direct response to the mass outcry that followed the release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results the previous Friday. The objective of this gathering was to unravel the root causes behind the unexpectedly poor candidate performance and to establish clear mitigative measures to restore confidence in the integrity of the UTME assessment process.

The meeting began promptly at 10:00 a.m. and was attended by a distinguished panel of stakeholders. Present were heads of key directorates within JAMB, and Lead Systems Analysts. Also in attendance were delegates from the CBT Centre Regulatory Committee, representatives from the Educare Technical Team, and lead engineers from the consortium of software vendors responsible for the examination engine infrastructure.

Discussions commenced with a comprehensive analysis of the existing system architecture. The panel reviewed the software stack powering the CBT engine, paying particular attention to how examination content was delivered to candidates. An important distinction was made between server-streamed and locally cached delivery methods.

The discussion further investigated the existence and efficacy of randomization mechanisms for both questions and answer options. This scrutiny was aimed at determining whether shuffling protocols were uniformly enforced, how answer permutations were managed, and if consistency of correct answer mapping was maintained across candidates following randomization.

Attention then shifted to the scoring and marking logic. This line of inquiry included assessing the capability of the system to reconstruct question-and-answer mappings and evaluate response accuracy with complete transparency. It was critical to determine if each candidate’s raw responses were stored, retrievable, and auditable.

The team also rigorously examined JAMB’s quality assurance and testing frameworks. This involved reviewing the load testing procedures previously employed, verifying the consistency of deployment builds across centres, and probing whether any last-minute hotfixes or patches were applied during or after the examination period. System logs, particularly incident and error records, were meticulously analyzed to identify any anomalies that could suggest failures in content delivery, timing accuracy, or candidate response capture.

Another focal point of the review was *the potential for human factor influence* . The panel sought clarity on whether any manual post-processing occurred during score collation or validation. The conversation concluded with an assessment of JAMB’s response readiness to Freedom of Information requests and its willingness to publish anonymized candidate-level result data as a measure to enhance public trust.

*One of the most critical discoveries* made during this session revolved around *three* major systemic changes introduced in the 2025 UTME. The first was a shift from the traditional *count-based analysis* to a more robust *source-based analysis* of results. In previous years, JAMB evaluated the integrity of examination sessions primarily by counting the number of responses submitted per session. If the majority of candidates in a session of 250 submitted a near-complete set of answers, the session was deemed valid. Any significant deviation led to disqualification of that centre’s results. However, in 2025, a more advanced model was adopted—one that focused on the actual source and logic of the answers provided, rather than just their quantity.

The second change involved *full-scale shuffling of both questions and answer options* . This ensured that even two candidates sitting in the same session would not receive identical permutations, thereby enhancing test security. The third change was *a series of systemic improvements aimed at optimizing performance and reducing lag* during exam sessions. This was a major policy change that saw the best and highest Obtained UTME score in 15 years. And this would have amounted to a great achievement by JAMB!

While these improvements were technologically sound in theory, a major operational flaw was uncovered during the implementation phase. The system patch necessary to support both shuffling and source-based validation had been fully deployed on the server cluster supporting the KAD (Kaduna) zone, but it was not applied to the LAG (Lagos) cluster, which services centres in Lagos and the South-East. This omission persisted across all sessions until the 17th session, after which the error was discovered and corrected.

As a result, approximately 92 centres in the South-East and 65 centres in Lagos—totalling 157 centres—operated using outdated server logic that could not appropriately handle the new answer submission/marking structure. This affected an estimated 379,997 candidates, whose results were severely impacted due to system mismatches during answer validation.

To verify the scale and accuracy of this issue, JAMB collaborated with the Educare Technical Team, which had gathered response data directly from over 18,000 candidates. After deduplication and filtering, about 15,000 authentic records were analyzed. Of these, more than 14,000 originated from the regions serviced by the unpatched LAG servers, confirming the technical review's findings. Comparative analyses between JAMB’s internal audits and third-party system evaluations revealed significant overlap, reinforcing the conclusion that the affected centres were indeed operating under impaired conditions.

In response to these findings, Professor Oloyede convened a press briefing at 3:00 p.m. on the same day. He formally acknowledged the oversight and issued a sincere apology to candidates and their families. He announced that all affected candidates would be given the opportunity to retake the examination at no additional cost. Furthermore, recognizing the potential scheduling conflict with ongoing SSCE examinations, JAMB had reached an agreement with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to ensure seamless coordination of timetables.

Affected candidates were advised to reprint their examination slips by Friday, 17th May 2025, to confirm their revised test schedules. JAMB also released an official communique titled *MAN PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES*, within which as a Profound, emotional Section: *“Appeal, Appreciation, and Apology,”* which reiterated its commitment to fairness, transparency, and continuous improvement.

This review, conducted with thoroughness and transparency, signifies JAMB's resolve to uphold the sanctity of its examination processes. Going forward, stronger deployment validation protocols and real-time monitoring mechanisms will be implemented to prevent such oversights.
In summary, JAMB opened its systems to independent reviews to restore public confidence and ensure the reliability of the UTME for all stakeholders. And we hereby report, that this incident was neither a system failure nor administrative manipulation, but an outright human error.

~
Educare Tech Team,
As submitted by
Engr James Nnanyelugo[/b]

semid4lyfe:
If Prof. Ishaq Oloyede has any integrity left, he should just resign. Not this silly crocodile tears he’s shedding.

He"s done well as Registar and taken JAMB to its current height but I think t’s time for someone else to take over.

At this stage, what JAMB needs is fresh ideas and innovation. which I think a young, vibrant professor, maybe from a university like Covenant could bring. Wishful thinking I know......

Also, the once a year exam model doesn’t make sense. Students take WAEC and NECO in a year, which is effectively two opportunities to sort out their O’Levels , so why is JAMB, which is 1/3 of the admission process limited to once a year? That’s unfair and puts too much pressure on students.

JAMB needs a serious overhaul in leadership and its exam model to improve access to tertiary education for our teeming youths.

Ellexy:
The whole season has been nothing short of diabolical.

Ellexy:
I didn't watch the match but I saw the video, I don't even know what was going on in his mind there.

TemporaryHansel:
I'll harken to my leader's call and defect to APC tomorrow. Everything is according to the vision.

APC!!!!

Bayindir was celebrating West Ham's 2nd goal against Man United pic.twitter.com/odCE9PAieK

— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) May 13, 2025

swiz123:
Blueray was just defending incompetent jamb. Now look at the crazy numbers eligible to reseat.

izzou:
[color=royalblue] Nigeria?

See how the X handler even put it sef..

"Man proposes, God disposes"

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izzou:
[color=royalblue]I don't want to add any ethnic suspicion, but how did it get to the point that they had to cover it?

So how are we sure that hundreds of thousands have not been sidelined in the past?

Na wa[/color]

Theflint1:
The entire thing is a big dent on the reputation of the exam, they've been having these issues, just wasn't at this scale.

The proper thing is an investigation gets done, and the report of the investigation made public, anything short of that would be a shame.

Theflint1:
387,000 persons to resit the JAMB exams in 5 South East states and Lagos.

TemporaryHansel:
You and BlueRay vowed that nothing will happen irrespective of the pressure on jamb....

Ibime:
Like I said before the reason you no rate am is because his opposition to Jonathan dey pain you

He protest against PDP, he's APC. He protest against APC, he's a mole.

You want him to be partizan but he no send

Ibime:
Make Obi turn up for the protest let's see if they will bring out teargas. Dem no dey teargas big man. You dey blame Sowore for teargas which Naija Police have been using since the days of our great grandfathers.

AbokiWam:
Where you wan see 250k entry salary, except banks and tech firms.

GloriousGbola:
hmmm

i run a two man business oo

and i cannot imagine paying entry level staff 60k

swiz123:
You will take Ibime less seriously when you realize that he subconsciously move in opposite direction of critical thinking. His sticks only to his linear thoughts and gives no room to accept new knowledge.

I mean, these things are not hard to spot. You hardly see opposition countering themselves except for Sowore who criticizes opposition.

GloriousGbola:
https://fij.ng/article/in-violation-of-labour-law-filmmaker-roy-osuji-deducts-n40000-from-junior-accountants-n60000-pay-for-her-mistakes/

Things are happening oo

60k salary in this economy?

swiz123:
I see the dude’s real motive in 4K. He can deceive gullible people by picking on policemen on the road.

Ibime:
His criticism of Obi useless tenure as Governor na him dey pain you abi

Obi a PDP man and corrupt career politician dividing opposition votes is not controlled opposition but Sowore who dey enter Sanko steady and always criticising every Govt is

Sowore criticism of the clueless Jonathan still dey pain una till date

Theflint1:
Other than the fact that non-STEM courses are generally easier (BlueRayDick disagrees ), they still haven't provided any significant advantage of studying most non-STEM courses over any STEM course.

Ibime:
HR is the poster boy of Non Stem but anyone can do it. I've never met a HR person with HR first degree

izzou:
[color=royalblue]The issue of STEM graduates transitioning is not a thing of pride. It shows that Nigeria has a problem of providing jobs for the STEM INCLINED

Yes, STEM candidates can easily switch, and that is because there are no jobs for them, not because they want to.

Nigeria is not a producing nation, and that is a big hindrance for the STEMs.

Most pharmaceutical companies import their drugs. They would have a robust Account, HR, Sales and Marketing dept. But maybe na 10 pharmacologists fit they there

Elizade that sells Toyota; How many automobile engineers dey there? But Account department fit reach 200 staff.

The argument shows the shortcomings of STEM in Nigeria, rather than how versatile the field is.[/color]

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Maybe I exaggerated, but HR jobs are more readily available than engineering jobs.

The ratio fit be 15 to 1 sef[/color]

izzou:
[color=royalblue]You are making a career transition because you did not see a job. An engineering graduate in HR is because condition make crayfish bend

Why should an HR person transition, when the job is readily available?[/color]

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Una wake up, say na STEM matter una wan force inside Blueraydick mouth


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raumdeuter:
There are specfic STEM jobs which most non STEM are automatically disqualified for

Theyre are Specific Non STEM jobs which even STEM guys are qualified for. Data shows that STEM guys even get these jobs more than non STEM guys due to rigors of aptitude tests

STEM grad access to 90% of jobs including STEM and non STEM
Non STEM grad access to 60% of jobs which are just non STEM

The Maths favor the STEM guys here

AbokiWam:
Even labs and government hospitals now reject microbiologists.

Association of Med lab fools dragged government to court..

Out of 140 of us that read microbiology, less than 10 of us de make us of the cert self

I dont know the origin of the arguement sha
Science courses are flexible
But Microbiology is useless

AbokiWam:
I no even know wetin I wan talk

I read Microbiology, but I have been doing HR for two years