By THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed plans for a fresh round of mop-up examinations to accommodate candidates who missed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Prof Oloyede
JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, made the announcement on Wednesday at a stakeholders’ meeting held in Abuja.
He explained that the initiative would cater to over 5.6 per cent of registered candidates who could not sit the UTME, irrespective of the reasons for their absence.
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“This time, we are creating a new mop-up. Even those who missed the earlier exam due to absence will get another opportunity,” Oloyede said.
“It’s not extraordinary. In any serious system, when students miss an exam, they’re allowed to make up, provided there’s no abuse.”
Oloyede emphasised that the UTME is primarily a ranking tool to allocate limited admission spaces, not a measure of intelligence or academic prowess.
“Its purpose is to rank candidates for limited admission slots, not to test how smart someone is,” he clarified.
Addressing recent criticisms and conspiracy theories, the registrar dismissed claims of ethnic bias or administrative failure, stressing the need to rise above such profiling.
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“I take responsibility, not because I failed, but because that’s leadership,” he stated. “I didn’t even realise people viewed issues around me through ethnic lenses.”
He lauded the resilience of candidates and staff amid logistical setbacks, noting that swift intervention was essential to safeguarding students’ academic futures.
“We had limited space. We knew if we wasted more time grieving the challenges, students would lose their opportunity,” he added.
JAMB confirmed that the date for the mop-up examination will be announced shortly, reaffirming its commitment to equity and transparency in the admissions process.
Recall that 379,000 candidates eventually sat for the rescheduled UTME, slightly below the 379,997 initially recorded as affected by technical hitches.
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