2025 UTME: JAMB Schedules Mop-Up Exam for June 28
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed June 28 for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mop-up test for 96,838 candidates.
This was disclosed in a statement on Sunday by the board’s public communications advisor, Fabian Benjamin.
He said the exercise would cater to the 5,096 spill-over candidates and others who failed biometric verification during the main examination.
“The new date was due to the special dispensation granted to absentee candidates of the main and resit examinations,” Benjamin said.
He added that the first session of the mop-up exam would start at 8:00 a.m.
He advised candidates scheduled for that time to arrive one or one and a half hours before the exam begins.
“Eligible candidates are expected to print their examination notification slips from Monday in preparation for the mop-up examination,” he said.
According to him, 91,742 candidates who were absent in both or either of the main and resit examinations would also be given another opportunity.
He said 96,838 candidates had been rescheduled for the mop-up exam in 183 centres across the country, while others would be kept on standby.
“A large number of CBT centres implicated in sharp practices during the ongoing security investigation are being suspended. Those found culpable would be delisted and reported for prosecution,” he said.
Benjamin revealed that 113 CBT centres had been delisted or suspended nationwide over multiple infractions in the main or resit examinations.
He praised security agencies for their efforts in investigating examination malpractice.
“We commend the security agencies, particularly the SSS, police and NSCDC, for their tenacity in the ongoing investigation of identity theft and examination malpractice syndicates,” he said.
He noted that several arrests and prosecutions had been made, including some JAMB officials, professional exam takers, school proprietors and tutorial centre operators.
“As a result of the investigation, several examination towns are no longer eligible to be used for the mop-up examinations
“Few candidates who fall into the deactivated examination towns would be assigned to examination towns closest to the delisted towns.
“We seek the understanding of such candidates.”
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