JAMB has released the results of the recently conducted UTME 2025 resit examination for candidates at impacted centres On the release of results of all under-aged candidates, JAMB said the withheld results of the under-aged candidates (except where litigation is involved), who performed below the established standards, be released JAMB is a Nigerian government body responsible for overseeing and conducting the admission process into higher education institutions in Nigeria.
Bwari, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday, May 25, released the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) 2025 resit and underage results.
Zeit Gist reports that JAMB define an underage candidate as anyone who would be less than 16 years old by October.
According to a statement released by Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s spokesperson, the results were for the recently-conducted UTME 2025 resit examination for candidates at centres impacted by a controversial glitch.
The digital mishap affected the results of more than 300,000 candidates across 157 centres in Lagos state and the south-east geopolitical zone. JAMB conducted a resit examination, starting from May 16 and extending beyond May 19.
Of the 336,845 who were eventually scheduled to retake the exam (597 underage candidates), Zeit Gist gathered that 21,082 were absent.
How to check JAMB resit results
To check your JAMB results, candidates can either use the online portal or send an SMS. Online, visit the JAMB result checker portal, log in with your email and password, and click on “Check UTME Result”. You will then input your JAMB registration number or email and click “Check My Result”. Alternatively, you can send an SMS with “UTMERESULT” to 55019 or 66019 using the phone number you registered with.
