JAMB Sets June 28 for Nationwide UTME Mop-Up Exam

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that a mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be held on Saturday, June 28, 2025, for 96,838 candidates across the country.

According to a statement released by the board’s Public Communications Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, candidates affected can start printing their examination notification slips from Monday, June 23, 2025.

This special mop-up exercise is designed to accommodate 5,096 spill-over candidates who missed the main exam and those who were unable to complete biometric verification.

Additionally, 91,742 candidates who were absent from either the main UTME or its rescheduled session have been given another opportunity under this one-time arrangement. The exam will take place in 183 centres nationwide, while a few others remain on standby.

In a related development, JAMB disclosed that 113 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres have been suspended or delisted due to various infractions uncovered during the 2025 UTME. The offences include technical failures during exams, examination malpractice, and links to identity theft. Some of these centres are currently under security investigation.

As part of its crackdown on malpractice, the board has also disqualified certain examination towns from hosting the mop-up exam. Candidates initially assigned to these locations will be relocated to nearby centres.

JAMB commended security agencies, including the State Security Service (SSS), Nigeria Police Force (NPF), and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), for their unwavering support in investigating and arresting culprits, including a few JAMB staff, impersonators, and criminal syndicates from tutorial centres and schools.

The board revealed that special squads of security and invigilators will be deployed during the mop-up exam as part of an intensified anti-malpractice campaign declared by the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa.

JAMB also warned that the mop-up exercise presents an opportunity to uncover and prosecute more impersonators, particularly undergraduates who illegally take UTME on behalf of others.

Tertiary institutions have already been notified about students involved in such misconduct, who may face expulsion under their matriculation oath and prosecution under the Examination Malpractice Act of 1999, which allows imprisonment for both adults and minors, as well as their aiding parents.

Candidates are urged to arrive at their exam venues at least one to one and a half hours before the first session begins at 8:00 a.m., and only eligible, verified candidates should appear for the test.