…As new era of exam success begins
As concerns rise over persistent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) failure rate, Tuteria has unveiled a new, research-driven preparation model designed to tackle the root causes of poor performance and support student success.
Godwin Benson, chief executive officer at Tuteria, Nigeria’s learning and tutoring platform, explained that the firm has officially launched a customised prep model, an intelligent exam-preparation system designed to tackle Nigeria’s worsening examination failure rates, beginning with JAMB’s UTME.
Benson emphasised that Tuteria has supported thousands of learners for nearly a decade through one-on-one tutoring and skill-based learning; however, he noted that the alarming decline in examination success in 2025 pushed the company to rethink how mass exam preparation should work in Nigeria.
In 2024, over 1.36 million students scored below 200 (about 76 percent), with less than one percent achieving 300+.
“I couldn’t ignore what I saw. Too many brilliant students were failing, not because they lacked intelligence, but because they lacked structure, guidance, and learning systems that work.
“We knew we had to build something bigger. Something different,” he said.
The abysmal failure, he explained led the company to quietly test a new exam-prep model between February and April 2025, enrolling a small group of students in a first-of-its-kind JAMB pilot programme.
Despite the national mass failure, he noted that the Tuteria Prep pilot produced multiple high performers, many scoring above 300 for the first time.
The first-class graduate of System Engineering at the University of Lagos disclosed that the Tuteria prep is a long-term education project designed to support multiple national examinations, with JAMB as the first major public rollout.
“It combines AI-powered personalised learning with expert subject tutors recognised as national academic authorities, creating a structured system that helps students study smarter, not harder.
“The programme includes daily quizzes, mastery-tracking, and weekly mock exams that mirror real JAMB conditions, along with live classes five days a week to ensure consistent engagement. Its intelligent engine automatically identifies weak spots and provides targeted improvements, giving every learner a clear, guided path toward achieving top scores,” Benson said.
Rather than endless past-question drilling, the system understands learning patterns, adapts to individual students, predicts scores, and builds mastery gradually and scientifically, reducing exam anxiety while increasing actual performance.
To deepen engagement and celebrate academic excellence, besides, Tuteria is introducing a N10,000,000 scholarship and prize reward pool, including weekly performance incentives.
This initiative, he highlighted is to ensure that every student not only studies, but stays committed.
With Tuteria Prep, the company hopes to reverse Nigeria’s declining academic competence and ensure more students successfully transition into universities and professional fields.
“Every student who passes JAMB is one more doctor, engineer, teacher or innovator Nigeria won’t lose.
“We’re not just preparing children for exams, we’re preparing a future Nigeria can trust,” he stated.
Tuteria is a Nigerian education technology platform connecting learners with quality tutors, personalised classes, and technology-driven learning tools.
Since 2015, it has improved academic outcomes for thousands of learners, and now expands that vision through prep, a nationwide exam-prep system built for long-term educational transformation.
The JAMB prep model is open to students across Nigeria.
Classes commence nationwide with structured schedules, weekly assessments, personalised learning paths, and expert tutors across major UTME subjects.
