JAMB PLANS TO CONDUCT A MOP-UP EXAMINATION FOR CANDIDATES WHO MISSED THE 2025 UNIFIED TERTIARY MATRICULATION EXAMINATION 21-05-25
By Sadiq Aminu The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB says plans are underway to conduct a mop-up examination for candidates who missed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, made this known in Abuja at a meeting with key stakeholders to address challenges encountered during the exercise.
Professor Oloyede explained that this would afford the over five percent of candidates who were unable to sit for the examination for whatever reason, the opportunity to do so.
“We are also taking a decision immediately that all those who missed that examination for whatever reason — the 5 per cent or 6 percent that missed the examination — we would be having mop-up. Normally, we have annual mop-up throughout the country for those who have one reason or the other.
“And it is for that reason we have also decided that even those who missed the earlier initial exam, who were absent, we will extend this opportunity to them.
He criticized those questioning the swift rescheduling of the exam for affected candidates, explaining the tight academic calendar that UTME candidates must adhere to.
“Most people are asking why the hasty rescheduling? Those people are far from knowing the reality on ground. They are talking from lack of knowledge. Anybody who knows the education system knows that once JAMB conducts its UTME, from May WASSCE starts — that is the SSCE conducted by WAEC — and immediately NECO starts and immediately NABTEB follows and these set of students are the ones taking all these examinations. So, once you miss your time, it will be very difficult.
Reiterating his commitment to integrity and national duty, Professor Oloyede dismissed any insinuations of bias in handling the crisis.
“As chief executive of JAMB, I don’t really care where any of our staff comes from, all I know is that they have been doing their jobs for years.
“The emotional breakdown on my part was not a sign of weakness neither is it an excuse to abdicate our responsibilities. Let us not descend to a level where some people begin to pontificate because some people want to take advantage of the situation on ground.”
The JAMB Registrar emphasised that JAMB remains committed to resolving issues affecting the examination process.