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A 78% failure rate is not a problem with the students but problem with the exams and system. We must quit this notion of making life difficult for students and seeing students failure rate as some sort of a badge of honour, it can’t just be malpractice.
BTW, I’m a first class graduate from a top 5 worldwide university and I would have failed jamb. Nephrologist Alausa and his gang in the ministry need to sort this out.

nolzautoez:
Never trust the O'level results of Nigerian students. They're often misleading, with many A’s and B’s coming from examination malpractice. JAMB remains the only credible exam in Nigeria that genuinely assesses secondary school students and reflects their true abilities.

did you read the article ?

budaatum:
The gulf between WASCE and Jamb is like between O'levels and discontinued A'levels, and has been in place since the later was scrapped, unfortunately. But Nigeria is simply using it to limit graduates, since no work is found for most.

Wise parents are ensuring their children learn skills from like 12 years old. Just thought I'd say.

comparing JAMB with WASCE is way way wrong, from iception JAMB exam was above WAEC and requires a further read or study plan to pass. Simply put, JAMB is A-Level/HIgher School' s lower Six level from inception ... the maths for instance is more of
further/Additional Maths, Government is A levels and the Sciences are more of applications .... there is no confussion about the fact that you need to study for JAMB exams separately, its far beyond a fresh secondary school curriculum.

Hence, the OP missed the mark .... out of more sentiment than facts, may be more social concern than just the score

RepoMan007:
Too much talk about jamb. Where will the 450,000 who passed be admitted into.

NOUN can take all if it's properly structured!

iykololo:
They are more interested in 2027. Normally mass failure like this should warrant the sack of education minister and an overhaul of the system, but......2027.

Education minister sack is long over due.
How can a so called minister make a shameful statement that the mass failure is as a result of the government doing so much in tackling examinations malpractices.
What a minister of education!!!!

Let’s stop lying.

*Futures Crushed. A Nation Exposed.* *- JAMB 2025 Result is a Disaster*

The 2025 JAMB results are here. A disaster. Over 1.5 million students scored below 200.

We all failed. .

*Parents: You Raised Frauds, Not Children*

You paid for “special centers” to cheat WAEC. You cared more about bragging rights than bedtime stories. You taught your child to cut corners, not solve problems. Now JAMB strips off the mask, and they drown. What did you expect? You wanted shortcuts, not knowledge. Your child can’t think, but they know how to cheat. Is this pride?

*Dear Schools and Teachers, You Sold Souls for Profit*
School owners, you hired teachers who couldn’t spell “education.” Classrooms became trading floors.
* Teachers, you leaked exams, whispered answers, and called it “help.” You had one job: to build minds. Instead, you built liars. Your students can’t write a sentence, but they know how to bypass integrity. Shame on you.

*Dear Students: You Choose Easy Over Excellence*
* TikTok over textbooks. Parties over past questions.
* You mocked the “bookworms,” then prayed for miracles. You thought JAMB would “sort itself.” Now reality hits: life doesn’t forward answers in a WhatsApp group.
* You can afford to buy data, and get Iphones, but can't buy the necessary textbooks and the seriousness needed for you to succeed.
* You gambled with your future. Wake up.

*To Our Government, You Watched the Fire Burn*
* You underfunded schools until roofs caved in.
* You let unqualified teachers flood classrooms. You ignored “miracle centers” because palms were greased.
* Where are the policies? The oversight? The urgency
* You talk about “tomorrow’s leaders” while strangling the schools meant to shape them.

*This is our collective shame.*

*Picture this* : Ten years from now, your child is the engineer who builds collapsing bridges. The doctor who kills patients. The leader who steals billions. Is this the future you want?

We built this with parents who valued trophies over truth, schools that sold certificates, not character, students who traded grit for gossip, and a government that looked away and failed to do their duties.

It is nearly impossible for anyone who scored B's & A's in their O'level results without malpractice/outside help to score below 200 in JAMB. *Something is definitely wrong* !

richiemcgold:
It is high time we introduce CBT in all school exams (both internal and external). That's the most viable way of curbing exam malpractice.

Our educational system as a whole is rubbish. Knowledge is power, we can never rub shoulders with global powers with this poor educational systems.

What if they switch off Irev, BVAS, VAR and goal line technology right in the middle of the examination?

The jamb result is a honest reflection of the corrupt systems in the entire country.

Racoon:
Government really needs to investigate on how to mitigate the factors responsible for mass failure and failing standard of education in Nigeria today

The system of passing an exam is mostly the show or proof that the Teachers had worked but here teachers are even boastful of students failing in their multitude.

The definition of student is one who has been indoctrinated or being indoctrinated into specific knowledge.
While examination day is a day of display of glory for the teachers by the students but here it's a catastrophic mess.

papyjaypaul:
So you are okay with the corruption in the school system. You don't know the damage this does until you go outside the country. Every normal country should not have examination malpractice as the norm. If our exams cannot be trusted, we are in trouble. Come to think of it, if you pass JAMB that you say is credible and fail postUTME that may be compromised, what problem does it solve? Corruption is a monster and we should treat it before it swallows us at all levels.

By the way, I agree with you. CBT exams make the students study harder especially for a country like Nigeria where people want to cut corners, however we must consider that we don't have the infrastructure. Fix light, give us power, increase the number of centers. These are infrastructural things you don't face in normal countries but on the other hand, kids today can't write so you still need the traditional method of writing. I will suggest WAEC makes the option questions CBT and the other part physical writing. This is 2025, we should have a question bank that can give 100 different essay questions to combat cheating. Cheating is not a Nigerian thing, in Algeria or one of those countries, I think the government had to ban internet for the school exams. Where Nigeria is on cheating is like child's play compared to India

Majority of our leaders are not honest.They cheated to get to where they are today.They will pass down the same traits to their generation.They are the major cause of the rot in our educational system.
What is the different between one who have fake certificate and the one who cheated to acquire same.
Untill something drastic is done concerning the leadership of this country,our educational system will remain in a big mess.
The percentage of the poor that cheat are negligibly nothing compared to that of rich

I have said it earlier on, Jamb result every year gives birth to emergency analysts who have nothing other than their own myopic view from the tiny corner.

There has never been any year where Jamb result is good.

The truth of the matter is that the crop of students we have now is not the same as we had in 99s down
I am a teacher. I can tell you from experience that the students no longer have interest in education owing to their laziness, nonchalanty, over parental possessiveness, distractions from social media, cable television programs such as telemundo, big brother naija, zeeworld, all having nothing positive to add to these lads .
Most kids of these days believe education is a scam. Because after graduation the educated has no job , some would be working for meager pay for socalled educated. Some do menial jobs.
I do remember the day one of my students discovered I studied mechanical engineering she started crying saying Nigeria is a detiny killer
The society, the parents the decayed government and laziness of the students contribute to the mass failure .
Where I blame teachers is teaching the students and still collect money from these lads to write waec and neco even nabteb exams for them.
Thanks

Racoon:
https://businessday.ng/features/article/the-great-betrayal-how-nigeria-is-setting-its-students-up-to-fail/

This is a fantastic piece!

JAMB will exercise their muscles to develop their own curriculum without regard to WASSCE’s and WASSCE will do same to show independence that has little to show for.

This is the same system of education I went through and I can attest to the failure of the system. Whilst the Registrar is making effort, but it must address the cores mentioned here.

Any system that is in place no matter how good can only achieve as high or as low as the mind that manages it.

I used 3 years as a science student in a public school and couldn’t boast of sessions in laboratory except when WAEC approached. The items in the laboratory gathered dust until it was time for fire brigade practicals because of WAEC exam.

This is just a vivid reflection of those at the hem of affairs in Nigeria. A failure of our leaders - failure of institutions- failed state.

sunnyprof:
comparing JAMB with WASCE is way way wrong, from iception JAMB exam was above WAEC and requires a further read or study plan to pass. Simply put, JAMB is A-Level/HIgher School' s lower Six level from inception ... the maths for instance is more of
further/Additional Maths, Government is A levels and the Sciences are more of applications .... there is no confussion about the fact that you need to study for JAMB exams separately, its far beyond a fresh secondary school curriculum.

Hence, the OP missed the mark .... out of more sentiment than facts, may be more social concern than just the score

Very well said.

Truth is, everybody wants to be heard saying something even when what is said is rubbish.

Has there ever being a time where Jamb result is excellent?

Truth is, with adequate preparation, a serious student will excel. After all, it is the same rainfall that fell on sugar cane that also fell on bitter leaf.

luckyz4rea:
This is a fantastic piece!

JAMB will exercise their muscles to develop their own curriculum without regard to WASSCE’s and WASSCE will do same to show independence that has little to show for.

This is the same system of education I went through and I can attest to the failure of the system. Whilst the Registrar is making effort, but it must address the cores mentioned here.

Any system that is in place no matter how good can only achieve as high or as low as the mind that manages it.

I used 3 years as a science student in a public school and couldn’t boast of sessions in laboratory except when WAEC approached. The items in the laboratory gathered dust until it was time for fire brigade practicals because of WAEC exam.

This is just a vivid reflection of those at the hem of affairs in Nigeria. A failure of our leaders - failure of institutions- failed state.

Decent private secondary schools have gone past this and there students are excelling . By the time the results are fully available, it is the students of Deeper Life secondary school, the schools in Ota and the rest that will have the bulk of the students in the upper cadre of the performance table.

Shey dem dey buy Jamb for them again ni?

For a good performance in Jamb, the student, the parent and the tutor have a role to play. Failure by or from one of the trio leads to a failure on the part of the student

Give me a break!

Everybody just jumping into the blame bandwagon, trying to deflect the blame away from the true culprits of this disasterclass, the candidates themselves. These generation of students are 99% responsible for their failures. I say this as a seasoned teacher who has witnessed, firsthand, the increasing neglect and lack of seriousness with which students approach their academics year after year.

I stopped where the OP saying the standard of WAEC different from JAMB, I can see ur narration totally bias against JAMB and absolved students completely.

OP fails to understand that WAEC is not necessary designs for people that want to go to Universities but for least certificate to earn in Nigeria, from there, you can proceed and work, trade or university. Meanwhile, for the JAMB, it is specifically meant for those that are going to higher institutions, in fact, to study specific course.

Op also fails to tell us that, the two bodies gave both the teachers and students the brochures to guide the students to the expected questions to meet in exams, not only that, past questions are all over the places, for students to practice as many time as he/she wants before going to the exam hall.

Lastly, those that scored 250 and above, aren't they part of Nigeria's students? How did they do their own? ......and why can't those that fail copy them?

I won't surprise if you own a miracle centres, Ur job is coming to an end.

All Nigerian universities should adopt national open university of Nigeria system. That's when parents will really know the strength of their children when it comes to education. Those who have been to national open university of Nigeria can testify ... some students already went to miracle centres to write their exams. National open university of Nigeria is the only school that will fetch them out [url][/url]

ppogba:
I have said it earlier on, Jamb result every year gives birth to emergency analysts who have nothing other than their own myopic view from the tiny corner.

There has never been any year where Jamb result is good.

Apt submission! The bravado with which the article writer pushes his false narratives is appalling. As a seasoned teacher who absolutely knows his onions, I can say with authority that these failures are expected. The quality of students we have in the classroom these days makes the teaching profession very tiring. We are facing students with absolutely zero desire to learn. They fail their exams as expected then some ignoramus analyst begins to write about something they have no clue about.

Are there no JAMB revision resources, no past question booklets, tutorial centres?

Poor preparation leads to poor performance, 3 decades ago computers were not so common, neither were phones nor internet. You had to write mathematics and physics in WAEC and JAMB without calculators only using 4 figure tables book.

People still scored above 200, reading culture has been bastardized by visuals and audio. People don't read again.

They prefer videos and audio, smartphones make reading books less appealing, autocorrect feature weaken vocabulary just as calculators weaken mental computation. All these conveniences has affected the quality of study and students.

CBT is a bubble, it does not prepare students for testing in the real world, what happens when there is no power or network?

sunnyprof:
comparing JAMB with WASCE is way way wrong, from iception JAMB exam was above WAEC and requires a further read or study plan to pass. Simply put, JAMB is A-Level/HIgher School' s lower Six level from inception ... the maths for instance is more of
further/Additional Maths, Government is A levels and the Sciences are more of applications .... there is no confussion about the fact that you need to study for JAMB exams separately, its far beyond a fresh secondary school curriculum.

Hence, the OP missed the mark .... out of more sentiment than facts, may be more social concern than just the score

As a matter of fact, speaking as a teacher with 10 years experience preparing students for UTME and SSCE exams in core science subjects, I can assert that UTME exams of recent years are actually simpler compared to what it used to be in the 90's and 00's. I have home taught students who wrote their UTME as SS3 students, even before before the commencement of SSCE and they easily had a 280, 290 and 300+, back in the days secondary school students can't even venture UME while still in secondary school. You'd finish School and prepare for one full year to be able to take the exam. I prepare UTME and SSCE students in the same manner, and as a matter of fact spend a bit more time analysing concepts to SSCE students because they have essay exams to write. Malpractice aside, SSCE is the more difficult exam to write today.

The modern JAMBITE in the era of widespread SSCE malpractice, approach the UTME with the same level of casualness and passiveness they approached and passed their SSCE exams, howbeit with the answers written on the board. They are brought face to face with harsh reality when they write the UTME and receive the grades that are a true representation of the emptiness of their skulls.

I laughed when the author says there's a conflict between UTME and SSCE curriculums, no statement could be more untrue. The curriculums are one and the same, I don't even look at the different syllabi to plan my preparatory classes specific for SSCE or UTME classes. One and the same.

Dear poster, I know this system has failed in various aspects. But I don't agree with this one, the problem is not the system it's in these students. Have you seen these teenagers on social media, the time they spend,the challenge they engage in, how many followers/friends they have to control, how many admirers they have to bounce or admit. So tell me what time they have to read and prepare for their exams

Racoon:
A system that Doesn’t Teach, then Punishes for not Knowing

Nigeria's educational system in a nutshell.
A system where lecturers brag about the high failure rate of students who take their courses.
A system where lecturers sexually harass and intimidate students.
A system where lecturers are cultists and election riggers.

Nigeria is in a big mess.

Advancedman:
The system of passing an exam is mostly the show or proof that the Teachers had worked but here teachers are even boastful of students failing in their multitude.
The definition of student is one who has been indoctrinated or being indoctrinated into specific knowledge.
While examination day is a day of display of glory for the teachers by the students but here it's a catastrophic mess.

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Always shifting blames, it was the duty of teachers to read for their students ba?
Are you not aware that most students prefer writing Waec from SS2 because we have miracle centers scattered all over the nation?

Gone are the days WAEC result reflect student's seriousness/effort.

I think WAEC/NECO result in Nigeria has been rendered worthless.

U expect an hungry student to read well pass.u must be a joker.Back then I dey get small chop chop for side to read well.No distractions,no phone,no girlfriend.Just read from midnight till day break.These kids need a lot of motivation.most of them are already very corrupt.

Verance:
Give me a break!

Everybody just jumping into the blame bandwagon, trying to deflect the blame away from the true culprits of this disasterclass, the candidates themselves. These generation of students are 99% responsible for their failures. I say this as a seasoned teacher who has witnessed, firsthand, the increasing neglect and lack of seriousness with which students approach their academics year after year.

Abi ooooo, Op that coming online gragra to blame govt and exam bodies, he should endeavour to go to the parents of those students and asked them how many bought textbooks for his/her children, .... meanwhile, he should also try to know the numbers of these students that have expensive smart phones.

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It seems Op is a product of miracle center.

Na today? Since the mid 1980s, JAMB started to throw up unqualified candidates for admission, especially in high sounding courses, but push out qualified ones to less sounding courses or remain at home.

In Western countries, every university admits its own students.

But in Nigeria where evil people schemed for north to catch up with the south in education, JAMB was established to achieve the backward scheme.

luckyz4rea:
This is a fantastic piece!
JAMB will exercise their muscles to develop their own curriculum without regard to WASSCE’s and WASSCE will do same to show independence that has little to show for.

This is the same system of education I went through and I can attest to the failure of the system. Whilst the Registrar is making effort, but it must address the cores mentioned here.

Any system that is in place no matter how good can only achieve as high or as low as the mind that manages it.

I used 3 years as a science student in a public school and couldn’t boast of sessions in laboratory except when WAEC approached. The items in the laboratory gathered dust until it was time for fire brigade practicals because of WAEC exam.

This is just a vivid reflection of those at the hem of affairs in Nigeria. A failure of our leaders - failure of institutions- failed state.

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Three years in public school no practical session, so therefore jamb should lower their standard, shebi?

That's not true...

It's a unified syllabus

hohafrank:
Education minister sack is long over due.
How can a so called minister make a shameful statement that the mass failure is as a result of the government doing so much in tackling examinations malpractices.
What a minister of education!!!!

Sack! sack! sack! All these Obi_shuu sef.

You want almost all ministers sacked as though you have competent hands for replacement.