The body of the Nigeria exam is a “defect” in the low rate of success
The body that runs the university’s exams in Nigeria admitted in a “technical defect” that led to the exposure of some of the results of this year, after about 80 % of students got low grades.
Students have complained about the inability to log in to computers, questions that do not appear and energy cuts, which makes it impossible to do exams.
The low success rate sparked widespread anger, especially after one candidate.
Her family said that Vic Obisusi Teltin, 19, who aspired to study microbiology at the university, died after swallowing the poison.
Her father and older sister told the BBC that she sat on the exam for the second time and got 146 out of 400, or less than 193 was last year.
“She made her pain take her private life,” her father, Owwafimi Obizusi, told BBC Pidgin.
Generally, 200 or higher than 400 is sufficient to get a place at the university in the exams run by the Joint Admission Council and the repetition of the matrix (JAMB).
400,000 out of 1.9 million students have achieved this Mark, one of the worst offers in recent years.
Tell one of the students, I prefer EK and BBC EPO that 10 out of 165 questions did not appear on the screen – all you can see is multiple choice options for answers.
“We were told to lose sight of the empty questions and continue the exam, but it was very difficult to focus after that,” she said.
She has also faced technical problems in obtaining its results, which means that it is unlikely to enter the university this year – the third time that exams are taking place.
The test sat in the capital, Abuja, which is not one of the centers that students can restore their exams, leaving it completely disjointed.
Another student said that he is facing a problem in logging in to the computer before another person’s profile appears in mysterious circumstances on the screen, showing different questions and then the device was stopped for a short period completely.
“I could not answer all the questions when they told us that our time has ended because many of my time had been wasted because of these technical difficulties,” he said.
The body’s body apologized for “painful damages” and “the shock offered to the injured Nigerians.”
At a press conference, JAMB ISHAQ OLOYEDE registered in tears, apologizing.
He announced that approximately 380,000 candidates in 157 centers affected by a total of 887 will be able to restore their exams starting on Saturday.
The most affected areas are Lagos and several states in the southeast.
JAMB blames the computer system’s failure to download the examinations of the exams by the candidates in these areas during the first days of the exams.
She said that “an unusual level of public concerns and loud complaints” may “prompted us to conduct an immediate review or review.” She said this would have been usually in June.
The national exam, known as the UTME, is a computer test that is a condition for those who join universities and other tripartite institutions.
The 2025 test, which was conducted in March, was young due to turmoil due to the power outages in some areas.
The head of the Examination Authority earlier this week defended the bad results, saying that they reflected the “real academic capabilities” of students and were due to the disruption of fraud.
Many Nigerians on social media call for accountability, as some seek the resignation of oloyed.
The opposition personality, Peter Obi, said that although acceptance of the error was worth praise, the case raised “a very disturbing issue about the serious disturbances and corruption” in the critical institutions.
The activist Renault Odwala said, “It is efficiency. It is an educational sabotage. He must be arrested immediately.”
Additional reports from Chukuonaim Obigisi, Andrew gifts, Minya Maishhano and the wonderful Obmano in Nigeria
