JAMB’s Response To Candidate Over Misspelled ‘Punish’ Sparks Buzz Online

• The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board faced controversy over a candidate’s misspelling of “punish.”
• JAMB reported that 1.5 million candidates scored below 200 in the 2025 UTME examination.
• The incident highlights concerns about the board’s handling of candidate performance and communication.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has stirred up controversy with its reaction to a candidate’s misspelling of the word ‘punish.’

This comes after the board revealed that 1.5 million candidates who took the 2025 UTME examination scored below 200.

In response to the announcement, a candidate known as Expensive on X (formerly Twitter) expressed frustration and called for divine retribution if their score failed to reach 200.

His tweet reads,“If my score no pass 200, God go punish una 💯”.

In response, JAMB tweeted, “Mind your launguage”.

See some comments below:

@Sarah Ese, “This one can’t be student.Which student go get mind go insult their destiny helper, even if he no dey fear grace, he supposed fear disgrace 😂”.

@Segun Akinola, “That JAMB handler cannot be less than 55 in age and most likely a woman. She cant imagine someone who is likely to be her grandson’s age mate sounding rude. That generation doesn’t joke with respect 🤩”.

@Angela, “This generation sha, how can a student get mind send JAMB this kind message? Your name na failure na!”.

@Empressive, “The jamb handler cannot even spell Expensive correctly how will he or she calculate scores correctly?”.

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