{"id":118986,"date":"2025-05-21T15:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=118986"},"modified":"2025-05-21T15:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:51:01","slug":"my-tears-are-not-a-sign-of-weakness-jamb-boss-warns-against-political-exploitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/my-tears-are-not-a-sign-of-weakness-jamb-boss-warns-against-political-exploitation\/","title":{"rendered":"My Tears Are Not a Sign of Weakness \u2014 JAMB Boss Warns Against Political Exploitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Tracy Moses<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is&#8217;haq Oloyede, has clarified that the emotional moment he displayed while addressing the technical glitches that affected the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) should not be mistaken for a sign of weakness.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He emphasized that his emotional response did not signify an inability to handle responsibility or a means to evade accountability.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oloyede made this known on Wednesday, 21st May 2025, while responding to growing criticism of JAMB over the hitches that marred the 2025 UTME exercise.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently, the JAMB boss had openly acknowledged that the exam was fraught with some technical issues which adversely affected the performance of a number of candidates.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It will be recalled that after the UTME results were made public, many candidates raised concerns over mass failure, leading to public outcry.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a result, JAMB was prompted to consult IT professionals to carry out a thorough review of the issues that occurred during the conduct of the examination.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat was meant to be a moment of celebration turned sour due to one or two errors,\u201d Oloyede admitted.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Out of approximately 1.9 million candidates who participated in the examination, more than 1.5 million reportedly scored below 200 out of a possible 400 marks, triggering widespread debate in the education sector.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, during a meeting with Chief External Examiners, representatives of Civil Society Organisations, and stakeholders from tertiary institutions across the country, Oloyede pushed back against the criticism, saying it&#8217;s unfortunate that individuals who struggle to manage small institutions are quick to comment on JAMB\u2019s operations.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The JAMB Registrar said he took full responsibility because of his longstanding commitment to education and examination integrity.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He expressed disappointment over what he described as misleading commentary by individuals unfamiliar with JAMB\u2019s inner workings, many of whom appeared on national television casting aspersions on the exam body.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oloyede also called for a moment of silence in honour of a candidate who allegedly took their own life due to the exam outcome, saying he was deeply troubled upon receiving the news.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAs the head of this institution, I don\u2019t consider tribe or background when evaluating our staff. What matters is that they have been dutiful over the years,\u201d he stated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMy emotional moment should not be misread as weakness or used as a justification to undermine our responsibilities. We must rise above the temptation to exploit this situation for personal or political gain,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nonetheless, Oloyede said that candidates who missed the exam due to unforeseen circumstances will be given another opportunity to sit for the test.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy Moses The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is&#8217;haq Oloyede, has clarified that the emotional moment he displayed while addressing&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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