JAMB fixes June 28 for mop-up exam, suspends 113 CBT centres

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday, June 28, 2025, for the conduct of a mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 96,838 candidates.

JAMB announced this via a statement issued by its spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday, June 22.

Benjamin stated that the affected candidates should start printing their examination notification slips from Monday, June 23.

Benjamin said the mop-up examination will accommodate the 5,096 spill-over candidates and those who failed biometric verification during the main UTME.

The JAMB spokesman noted: “Also, due to the special dispensation granted to absentee candidates of the main and resit examinations, 91,742 candidates who were absent in both or either of the main and resit examinations would also be given this opportunity which is only for 2025 UTME.

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“Thus 96,838 candidates are being rescheduled for the 2025 mop up exercise in 183 centres across the nation while others are kept on standby.”

Benjamin disclosed that 113 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres across the country have been suspended or delisted due to various infractions uncovered during the conduct of the 2025 UTME.

He said some of the affected CBT centres were found to have committed technical infractions during the mock and main examinations, while others were implicated in ongoing security investigations into examination malpractice.

“Consequently, 113 CBT centres have been delisted or suspended from across the country. Some others implicated in multiple infractions in the main or resit examinations exercise,” he noted.

The JAMB spokesperson, therefore thanked security agencies for their role in a nationwide investigation into identity theft and other forms of examination fraud, which he said has led to several arrests and prosecutions.

The Star