Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday betrayed emotions and broke into tears as he apologised over errors made in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Prof. Oloyede, during a news conference in Bwari, took responsibility for the errors in the just concluded UTME examinations.

Recall that JAMB had launched an investigation into the alleged technical glitches, following widespread complaints about poor performance in the 2025 UTME.

The examination board engaged members of the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria, Chief External Examiners (who are heads of tertiary institutions), the Educational Assessment and Research Network in Africa, measurement experts, and Vice Chancellors from various institutions to probe the root cause and ensure that affected candidates receive appropriate remedies if any errors were confirmed.

The board was particularly concerned about unusual complaints originating from a few states and scrutinising the issues in details to identify and resolve any technical faults.

The review covered three key stages of the 2025 UTME comprising: registration, examination, and results.

“I apologise for the trauma caused the candidates and I take full responsibility for this,” Oloyede said, while admitting that errors were indeed made during the 2025 UTME after the investigations carried out.