- A Nigerian teacher is concerned about a female student who refused to eat after a disappointing performance in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
- Obanuso Temitope Obanuso, a teacher coaching exam students, reported that a girl went without food for 48 hours due to poor results.
A Nigerian educator has raised concern over a female student who has allegedly gone without food for two days following an unexpectedly low score in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The teacher, Obanuso Temitope Obanuso, who prepares students for the exam, shared the incident on Facebook, revealing that the girl is deeply distraught over her score and is calling for an official review. According to him, she is so confident in her performance that she insists on being punished if, after a proper re-evaluation, her score remains below 300.
“I have 6 students who scored close to 300 last year, being sent results below 160. These students are serious and brilliant students. They gave their best. One of them, has not eaten for 48 hours. She has been pleading with me to help contact JAMB that if they check her work and finds her score less than 300, she should be penalized because she knew what she did.”
The teacher also noted that he has been inundated with messages from distressed parents and students, pointing to a potential widespread issue. He questioned the prevailing narrative that blames mass failure on a lack of seriousness among students.
“I have dozens of parents and students in my dm. They are helpless. How do you explain students dropping from 270 or 280 in 2024 to 123 and 132 in 2025? Everyone is thinking the mass failure is due to unseriousness. It is a lie. Nigerian students are brilliant. Are students more serious in Europe and America? In which nation of the world are social media and phone fondling not prevalent among young people? Go and see our students’ performance in international exams and contests. It is not everyone who is unserious. Many of these students are more serious than those young adults criticizing them.”
Obanuso’s post has since gone viral, igniting discussions about the UTME grading system, student mental health, and the credibility of recent exam results.
Reacting to the post…
@Omolola Prosper said: “I think there’s a whole lot of mess with JAMB this year…How to get justice yen na ni Koko bayi cos this our Nigeria ehn..”
@Simeon Olukunle said: “Until Nigeria happens to you, you will think other people complaining are lazy and against the sitting government. Like we all know Jamb being an agency of government will always win, when I heard about the results initially and people blaming poor reading culture all I did was laugh.”
