The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced the rescheduling of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 379,997 candidates who were affected by technical issues during the recently concluded exams.
The rescheduling exercise began on Thursday, following an announcement by JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during a press briefing held in Abuja on Wednesday.
Oloyede acknowledged that a total of 206,610 candidates across 65 centres in Lagos and 173,387 candidates from 92 centres in the South-East zone experienced disruptions that necessitated the rescheduling.
“I apologise, I take full responsibility,” Oloyede said, adding that affected candidates would begin receiving text messages with details of their new examination dates and venues.
According to information obtained by our correspondent, one of the affected candidates has already been rescheduled to sit for the exam on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 12 noon. The new exam venue is located in the Igando area of Alimosho Local Government, Lagos State.