Obanuso Temitope Obanuso, a Nigerian educator, has expressed grave concern about the psychological toll that students are experiencing as a result of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. He disclosed in a recent Facebook post that one of his female pupils had gone two days without eating after getting a far worse grade than anticipated.
The student, who is confident in her academic achievements, feels that there has been an error, according to Obanuso, who helps candidates prepare for the UTME. She has begged for her results to be reassessed and said that she should be held responsible if her final score is less than 300. He wrote, “She hasn’t eaten in 48 hours.” “She feels wronged and firmly believes what she wrote.”
The instructor also saw a concerning trend: a large number of his once-strong pupils had a sharp decline in their scores this year, with some dropping from 270, 280 in 2024 to as low as 123 in 2025. Numerous parents and children have contacted him, he added, and they have all reported identical declines in performance.
“This isn’t about students who aren’t serious,” he said. “Students in Nigeria are bright and diligent. It is unjust to write off their worries as a result of a poor reading culture or laziness. These problems suggest a potential systemic breakdown.
These sentiments were reflected in online responses. “There’s obviously something wrong with JAMB this year,” said Omolola Prosper. How to get justice in a system like Nigeria is the true battle.
“People blame students too easily,” Simeon Olukunle said. However, you see that the system is the issue when Nigeria occurs to you.
Wider demands for accountability and openness in the UTME evaluation procedure have been triggered by the occurrence.
CREDIT: ALLSCHOOL, Allschoolabs
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