“The affected candidates will start getting text messages for reschedule starting from tomorrow,” Oloyede said. “I apologise, I take full responsibility.”
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday began the rescheduling of 379,997 candidates affected by technical issues during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The board’s registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed the development during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, admitting that errors during the initial exam affected 206,610 candidates across 65 centres in Lagos and 173,387 in 92 centres in the South East zone.
“The affected candidates will start getting text messages for reschedule starting from tomorrow,” Oloyede said. “I apologise, I take full responsibility.”
A reprinted exam slip sighted by our correspondent on Thursday confirmed that one of the affected candidates had been rescheduled to sit the exam on Saturday, May 17, 2025, by 12 noon at a Lagos centre located in Igando, Alimosho LGA.
JAMB assured that all affected candidates will be duly notified of their new dates and venues.