UTME 2025: No candidate will sit examination exterior their state of registration – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has assured candidates that for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), nobody might be required to take a seat for the examination exterior their state of registration.
This assurance was given by Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, in a phone interview with the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.
Dr. Benjamin defined that whereas some candidates needed to sit for the UTME mock examination exterior their state of residence as a consequence of restricted availability of accepted Pc-Based mostly Check (CBT) centres, this was an exception for the mock session solely.
“For instance, if centres in Abuja had been stuffed up and there have been accessible centres in Nassarawa State, candidates can be redirected there,” he stated.
Nevertheless, he assured that this case wouldn’t happen throughout the principle UTME, as all registered CBT centres can be operational.
“This won’t occur in the principle examination as a result of there might be extra centres conducting the exams, making certain no candidate might be despatched exterior their state of registration,” Dr. Benjamin concluded.
Significance of early registration
He additionally highlighted the function of early registration in figuring out how shut a candidate’s centre can be to their residence.
“As soon as a more in-depth centre was already stuffed up, the candidate could also be assigned any accessible centre inside the state,” he stated
Nairametrics reported that the just lately concluded registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) noticed a complete of two,030,627 candidates efficiently set to take the examination, which is scheduled to start on April 25, 2025.
JAMB disclosed that after the registration, it has now shifted focus to securing the examination surroundings, introducing new anti-cheating measures geared toward preserving the integrity of the testing course of.
In accordance with the board, these measures have already led to the arrest of a number of candidates caught trying to achieve admission with cast A-level credentials.
JAMB has warned all candidates to keep away from any type of malpractice and cling strictly to examination tips, stressing that monitoring techniques are in place to detect and penalize fraudulent behaviour.
What you need to know
The board introduced the discharge of 115,735 outcomes from the 2025 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), whereas 10,446 outcomes are nonetheless being processed throughout Nigeria.
- In accordance with JAMB, a complete of 200,113 candidates registered for the 2025 Mock UTME performed on April 10, however solely 126,181 sat for the examination. Of those, 115,735 outcomes have been launched, whereas 10,446 are nonetheless being processed.
- The mock examination serves as a trial for the UTME, permitting JAMB to check new improvements and assist candidates get aware of the CBT surroundings.
It has efficiently addressed points and offered useful expertise for candidates. JAMB encourages candidates to remain affected person and proceed their preparations for a greater examination expertise.
