Education
2025 UTME error: I wanted to resign – JAMB Registrar, Oloyede
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has disclosed that he briefly contemplated resigning after a major technical error that disrupted the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
Oloyede stated this at a meeting with chief external examiners, civil society organisations and stakeholders in the tertiary education sector on Wednesday in Abuja.
The JAMB boss addressed the controversy and the calls for his resignation.
Some critics had alleged ethnic bias and sabotage about the UTME mishap.
“When it happened, my first reaction was to resign. But people advised me that the students will never forgive me because it will look like you abandoned them at such a time,” Oloyede said.