Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that no fewer than 2,157 candidates of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), are currently being probed for suspected examination malpractices.
The Board revealed this to Journalists in Lagos while announcing new details surrounding the conduct of the examination.
Details showed included the performance of underage candidates, incidents of examination malpractice, and pending investigations.
According to the Board, a total of 97 candidates were directly involved in examination infractions, while another 71,701 candidates were reported absent during the examination period.
It added that 40,247 underage candidates were allowed to participate in the exam as a special concession to demonstrate exceptional academic ability.
However, only 467 of them, representing 1.16 percent, met the minimum score threshold defined by JAMB as the benchmark for exceptional performance.
The Board said their progress would be further evaluated in three additional stages of assessment.
It stressed that candidates who experienced biometric verification challenges were also being investigated, saying that those who are eventually cleared would be rescheduled to sit for the exam at specially designated centres.
JAMB added that results for certain candidates, including blind candidates and others classified under the JEOG category, are still undergoing processing and would be released once finalised.
The Board said it would hold a press conference later this week to formally announce individual results and outline the procedures for candidates to access their scores.