JAMB to carry 2025 UTME mop-up examination on June 28 for absentees, biometric failures, others throughout Nigeria
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced Saturday, June 28, 2025, because the date for the mop-up examination for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) throughout Nigeria.
In line with the Board, this nationwide mop-up is designed for 3 key {groups} of candidates: those that have been absent from each the principle and resit UTME, those that skilled biometric verification points, and a set of spill-over candidates from earlier classes.
“The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has accepted Saturday, twenty eighth June, for the conduct of the 2025 UTME mop-up examination.
“This examination will accommodate the 5,096 spill-over candidates and people who failed biometric verification throughout the principle train. Additionally, because of the particular dispensation granted to absentee candidates of the 2025 essential and resit examinations, 91,742 candidates who have been absent in each or both of the principle and resit examinations would even be given this chance, which is granted just for the 2025 season.
“Thus, 96,838 candidates are being rescheduled for the 2025 mop-up train in 183 centres throughout the nation, whereas others are stored on standby,” the board acknowledged.
Printing of slips to start on June 23
JAMB urged all eligible candidates to start printing their examination notification slips from Monday, June 23, 2025, through the official JAMB portal.
This slip will include essential particulars such because the candidate’s examination date, time, and venue.
The Board additional emphasised that solely real and verified candidates are certified to take part within the mop-up.
- The examination board cautioned that lateness might result in disqualification as candidates scheduled for the primary session on Saturday, June 28, are anticipated to reach between 6:30 a.m. and seven:00 a.m., forward of the official begin time of 8:00 a.m.
Over 100 CBT centres delisted
As a part of efforts to sanitise the examination course of, JAMB revealed that it has delisted or suspended 113 Laptop-Primarily based Check (CBT) centres implicated in numerous types of malpractice.
These embody centres caught through the mock exams, essential UTME, and the resit workouts.
A number of the centres are at the moment below ongoing safety investigation and should face prosecution upon conclusion of inquiries. Others have already been penalised for technical failures and repeated infractions.
- Because of the delisting of sure examination cities, JAMB stated that a variety of candidates have been affected. Nonetheless, such candidates will likely be reassigned to close by examination cities and are suggested to test their up to date examination slip as soon as obtainable.
The Board appealed for understanding from affected candidates as it really works to keep up the integrity of the train.
Extra insights
JAMB acknowledged that lots of the impersonators arrested to date are present undergraduate college students who tried the examination on behalf of others. The establishments of those college students have been formally notified to provoke disciplinary measures, together with expulsion, based mostly on matriculation oath violations.
As well as, offenders, no matter age, will likely be prosecuted below the Examination Malpractice Act of 1999, which prescribes punishment even for underage impersonators and their guardians.
JAMB disclosed that its anti-malpractice marketing campaign is being strengthened by means of the lively assist of the Minister of Training, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, CON, who has declared a nationwide battle on examination malpractices and their enablers.
To make sure compliance and equity through the mop-up examination, particular squads of safety brokers and invigilators will likely be deployed nationwide.
