The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed 28 June for the conduct of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mop-up.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by the Board’s Public Communications Adviser, Dr Fabian Benjamin.
According to Dr Benjamin, the mop-up exercise will cater for 5,096 spill-over candidates and others who were unable to complete biometric verification during the main examination.
He noted that the rescheduling followed a special dispensation granted to candidates who were absent from both the main and resit examinations.
“The first session on the examination day will commence at 8:00 a.m.,” Benjamin said.
He advised candidates scheduled for the 8:00 a.m. session to arrive one to one and a half hours ahead of time.
He further advised all eligible candidates to print their examination notification slips from Monday in preparation for the test.
“In addition to the 5,096 spill-over candidates, 91,742 candidates who were absent from either the main or resit exams will also be accommodated in this mop-up but only for the 2025 UTME,” he said.
Benjamin disclosed that a total of 96,838 candidates are being rescheduled to sit the mop-up examination at 183 centres nationwide, with additional candidates placed on standby.
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He revealed that a significant number of Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres implicated in sharp practices are currently under suspension, pending ongoing security investigations.
“So far, 113 CBT centres have been suspended or delisted across the country for various infractions during the main and resit examinations,” he said.
The Board commended the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Police Force, and NSCDC for their efforts in unravelling examination malpractice and identity theft syndicates.
“These investigations have led to the arrest and prosecution of dozens of culprits, including a few JAMB officials, professional examination takers, and operators of some tutorial centres and schools,” Benjamin said.
He added that some examination towns have been deactivated as a result of these investigations and would not be used for the mop-up examination.
“A few candidates affected by the deactivation of their examination towns will be reassigned to the nearest available locations,” he said. “We seek the understanding and cooperation of such candidates.”
