The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has cleared the results of 85 underage candidates who scaled through its screening process for exceptional admission.
This was contained in a statement by the Board’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, on Monday in Abuja.
According to the statement, after due verification, interviews and screening, 85 candidates were found to have met the criteria and have consequently been cleared for admission.
Benjamin said 85 candidates who are judged to be qualified have been notified to proceed to their respective institutions to complete the admission process and print their individual JAMB admission letters.
The Board’s mouthpiece maintained that the policy of exceptional admission is consistent with global best practices, where such cases are treated as rare exceptions rather than the norm.
”It is to be noted that in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), of the 2,031,133 applicants, a total of 41,027 candidates sought consideration under this special category, of which 599 scored the 80% threshold in the UTME.
”These 599 candidates were subjected to further scrutiny of school certificate and PUTME screening, which led to the emergence of 182 candidates (178+4).
”After due verification, interviews, and screening, 85 candidates were found to have met the criteria and have consequently been cleared for admission,” the statement read.
The tertiary institution exam body also urged candidates who missed the screening to contact it for further adivice.
“Any of the 182 finalist-candidates who missed the final interview for a valid reason are advised to submit a formal request through the JAMB Support Ticketing System under the newly created category titled “2025 Underage Complaint.”
”Such complaints will be reviewed individually, and decisions will be made strictly on their own merit. This window is for only the 182 finalists who might for one reason or another, have missed the final interview.
“In addition, candidates who scored 320 and above in UTME but failed to upload O-Level results and were subsequently disqualified from proceeding are now given a chance to upload within two (2) days (i.e. not later than Wednesday, 29th October, 2025) and notify the Board of such through the ticketing,” it added.
