The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), specifically the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) chapter, has announced its intention to pursue legal action against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) due to the significant number of failures observed in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
In a statement to the press in Nsukka on Wednesday, the branch chairman, Dr. Óyibo Eze, claimed that the failures were not coincidental but rather a calculated effort aimed at disadvantaging candidates, particularly those from the South East.
“My office has been inundated with protests, calls, and visits from parents and the general public about this deliberate massive failure in the 2025 JAMB examination,” Eze said.
“ASUU will challenge this result in the High Court if JAMB fails to review the result and give candidates their merited scores.”
“JAMB knows that children from the South East must score higher before they can get admission, whereas their counterparts in some parts of the country can use a score of 120 to gain admission to study medicine in universities in their area.”
In the recently published JAMB results, among the 1,955,069 candidates who participated in the 2025 examination, more than 1.5 million achieved scores below 200, predominantly from the South East and Lagos State, areas with significant Igbo populations.
Eze further conveyed his astonishment that no candidate from the University Secondary School in Nsukka attained a score exceeding 200 in the UTME.
“How is it possible that high-performing students from such a reputable institution all scored below 200?” he questioned.
Eze further urged governors from the South East to intervene and resist what he called an academic injustice.
“The governors in the zone should not sit by and watch JAMB toy with the academic futures of our children,” he said.
“I am not against the board punishing those found guilty of exam malpractice, but JAMB should not, because of a few candidates, fail the entire group from an exam centre.”
“This school has superlative students who have excelled academically both inside and outside the classroom. How come all of them scored less than 200 in the exam?” he asked.
“Even if JAMB discovered one or two candidates for exam malpractice, is that enough reason to fail all the others who have prepared so hard for the exam?,” Eze added.
ASUU has called on JAMB to review the results and ensure deserving candidates are awarded their correct scores.
