A Nigerian student has been hospitalized after suffering a severe anxiety attack upon seeing his 2025 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result.
The incident, which has sparked conversations online about the mental toll of academic pressure, was shared by the boy’s sister via the social media platform TikTok, under the handle @big\_ellaa7. In the video, the visibly distressed student appears physically and emotionally drained, lying weakly as family members attend to him.
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According to his sister, the student had returned home after the exam feeling confident and upbeat, believing he had done exceptionally well. However, the joy quickly turned to despair after he checked his result — the score was so disappointing that it triggered an anxiety attack, leading to his emergency hospitalization.
“He studied like his life depended on it,” she wrote in the video’s caption. “After the exam, he came back so full of joy because he felt he answered the questions correctly. I just hope this failure isn’t intentional, because it’s really messing with these children’s mental health.”
While she did not reveal the actual score, she emphasized how deeply it affected her brother. “2025 JAMB did him dirty,” she added. “Get well soon, my love. I can’t even ask someone lying in a hospital bed what he scored. I just know it must be really bad for him to break down like this.”
The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread sympathy and renewed calls for a review of the JAMB examination and scoring process, especially regarding transparency and student welfare.
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