According to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s official website, over 75% of candidates who took the exam scored less than 200. That’s a massive failure.
While the official cut-off score for admission into a university is 180, most universities won’t accept students who score below 200.
The high failure rate in JAMB is a reflection of our ever-decaying educational system.
Some may want to blame phones and gadgets—especially since many teenagers today are addicted to their screens. But let’s be honest: the same phones have also helped many prepare for CBT tests. So they’re not entirely to blame.
Some might even point fingers at JAMB’s irregular 6:30 a.m. exam timing. While that may contribute, it plays only a minor role.
The real issue is how terribly our educational system has deteriorated over the years.
Nowadays, you can walk into some secondary schools and find classrooms without chairs. Students are expected to stand or sit on the floor, grasp what is being taught, and still pass—after sitting uncomfortably for nearly six hours. All in the name of learning.
Let me use myself as an example. When I was an undergraduate, we sometimes had lectures from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., sometimes even till 5 p.m. What pained me wasn’t just the long hours (okay, that did hurt a little). What truly hurt was that we did it all without electricity—no fans, no ventilation. By the end of the day, we would be sweating like Christmas goats.
I used to say: School is not meant to be this hard.
My mates thought I was just ranting, but I was expressing real pain.
Why should learning be that hard?
In this country, we have a habit of making everything unnecessarily difficult—perhaps because someone somewhere wants a success story titled "From Grass to Grace." But as for me, I’m very comfortable with Grace to Grace. I don’t see why your grass-to-grace narrative should be projected onto me or innocent students.
Some may argue that we’re talking about secondary school here. But if a university—supposedly a higher institution of learning—can be that bad, what do you expect from the lower levels?
The truth is this: the failure in JAMB reflects the rot in our educational system, and it desperately needs to be fixed
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