A new Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination has been planned for the 379,997 applicants who were impacted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) blunder.
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the examination body’s registrar, announced the rescheduling during a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday, and it started Thursday morning.
Punch claims that one of the impacted applicants has been rescheduled to take her exam on Saturday, May 17, 2025, by 12 p.m. at one of the Lagos centers in Igando village, which is located in the Alimosho Local Government Area of the state, according to a reprinted exam slip that was seen on Thursday morning.
Oloyede reportedly acknowledged mistakes in the recently finished exam that affected 206,610 students in 65 locations in Lagos and 92 locations in the Owerri zone, totaling 173,387 candidates across the five South East states.
Oloyede acknowledged, “What should have been a moment of joy has changed due to one or two errors.” “Even after we arranged all the equipment, mistakes persisted.”
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“206,610 in 65 centers in Lagos and 92 centers in the Owerri zone comprising 173,387 candidates in the five states of the South East were affected,” he continued.
Oloyede, who accepted responsibility for what he called a “sabotage” of the 2025 UTME, stated that the Board will begin texting the impacted candidates on Thursday.
Affected candidates will now have the chance to repeat the test between May 16 and May 19, 2025, he added.
