JAMB Announces Mop-Up Exams for Absentee Candidates — Another Chance to Sit for UTME!
In order to accommodate the more than 5.6% of candidates who were unable to take the recently finished 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a new round of mop-up exams.
During a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, JAMB Registrar Professor Ishaq Oloyede made the announcement, saying that the program will cover all impacted candidates, regardless of the cause for their absence.
“This time, we’re making a new mop-up,” he remarked. Even those who were absent and missed the previous exam will have another chance.
“It isn’t noteworthy. If there is no abuse, students who miss an exam can make it up under any serious system.
Oloyede emphasized that the UTME is not a test of academic ability or intelligence, but rather a placement exam. He explained, “Its goal is to rank applicants for a limited number of admission slots, not to assess a person’s intelligence.”
Oloyede vehemently denied allegations of administrative ineptitude or ethnic bias in response to mounting criticism and conspiracy theories over the testing procedure.
“I accept responsibility because that’s leadership, not because I failed,” he said.
“I had no idea that people were viewing the world around me via ethnic prisms. We have to stop profiling like this.
Oloyede also commended the staff and applicants for their perseverance in the face of logistical challenges.
“We didn’t have much room. We were aware that kids might lose their chance if we continued to lament the difficulties,” he remarked.
JAMB said it is still dedicated to openness and equity in admissions, and the special mop-up exam is set to take place soon.
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