The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 379,997 candidates affected by errors in the recently concluded exam. The rescheduling began on Thursday, May 15, 2025, after JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede announced the decision in a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!According to a reprinted exam slip sighted on Thursday morning, one of the affected candidates has been rescheduled to take her exam on Saturday, May 17, 2025, by 12 noon in one of the Lagos centres in Igando community situated at the Alimosho Local Government Area of the state.
Prof. Oloyede admitted that errors in the just-concluded exam affected 206,610 candidates in 65 centres in Lagos and 92 centres in Owerri zone, comprising 173,387 candidates in the five states of the South East. He said, “What should have been a moment of joy has changed due to one or two errors,” Oloyede admitted. “We set all machineries in order; regardless, there were still errors.” He added, “206,610 in 65 centres were affected in Lagos and 92 centres in the Owerri zone comprising 173,387 candidates in the five states of the South East were affected.”
Oloyede, who took responsibility for what he described as a “sabotage” of the 2025 UTME, said the affected candidates will get text messages from the Board starting Thursday. He also stated that affected candidates will now have the opportunity to retake the examination between May 16 and May 19, 2025.
The JAMB Registrar’s decision to reschedule the exam has brought relief to the affected candidates, who can now retake the examination and have a fair chance of gaining admission into their preferred tertiary institutions.