The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) confirms Saturday, 28 June 2025, as the date for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mop-up, targeting 96,838 eligible candidates. Printing of examination slips begins Monday, 23 June.
The mop-up accommodates 5,096 spill-over candidates and over 91,000 others who missed either the main or resit exams, including those with biometric issues. The Board assures all affected candidates will be rescheduled across 183 centres, while others remain on standby.
However, the exercise unfolds amid a major security clampdown on examination fraud. JAMB has delisted or suspended 113 CBT centres implicated in malpractice or technical deficiencies.
“The ongoing investigation has uncovered a syndicate of impersonators, including undergraduates, school proprietors, and tutorial centres,” says Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s spokesperson. “Institutions of the implicated undergraduates are being notified for disciplinary action.”
JAMB expresses gratitude to national security agencies – the State Security Service, Nigeria Police Force, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps – for their “extraordinary devotion” in cracking down on identity theft rings.
Exam towns linked to fraudulent activities have been deactivated. Affected candidates will be reassigned to the nearest available centres. The Board appeals for their understanding.
Candidates are advised to arrive at their centres at least one hour before the first exam session begins at 8:00am. Special security squads and invigilators will oversee proceedings, as directed by the Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, who has declared a war on exam malpractice.
JAMB warns that impersonators and collaborators, including parents, risk prosecution under the Examination Malpractice Act of 1999, which prescribes jail terms, regardless of age or role.
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