The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced Saturday, 28th June 2025, as the date for the conduct of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mop-up examination.
According to a statement signed by the Board’s Public Communications Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday, the mop-up examination is being organised to accommodate 5,096 candidates who could not be verified biometrically during the main exercise.
Fabian noted that this applies strictly to the 2025 UTME cycle and said that 91,742 other candidates were absent from either the main or the rescheduled examinations.
96,838 candidates have been scheduled to sit for the mop-up examination across 183 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide. A few others are on standby pending further investigation and validation of their status.
“This examination will accommodate the 5,096 spill-over candidates and those who failed biometric verification during the main exercise. Also, due to the special dispensation granted to absentee candidates of the main and resist examinations, 91,742 candidates who were absent in both or either of the main and resist exams would be given this opportunity, which is only for the 2025 UTME.
“Thus, 96,838 candidates are being rescheduled for the 2025 mop-up exercise in 183 centres nationwide, while others are kept on standby.”
The Board said it has continued its crackdown on examination malpractice and technical incompetence among CBT centres.
Several centres have been scrutinised following infractions observed during the mock, main, and resit UTME examinations. According to the statement, in line with the outcome of ongoing investigations, a total of 113 CBT centres have now been either suspended or delisted from further participation in JAMB activities.
Fabian further revealed that these centres were implicated in varying malpractice, ranging from technical sabotage to direct involvement in aiding impersonation and other illicit practices.
He said due to the scale of malpractice uncovered, certain examination towns have been deactivated and will not be used in the mop-up examination. Candidates initially assigned to these towns will now be relocated to the nearest available centres.
“We understand the inconvenience this might cause, and we appeal for the understanding and cooperation of all affected candidates,” the Board said in the statement.
