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Southeastposts can authoritatively confirm that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled another Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 379,997 candidates in the five states of the South East and Lagos affected by errors in various computer-based test centres.
Ishaq Oloyede, the registrar of JAMB, made this known in Abuja on Wednesday, during a press conference.
Oloyede, who took responsibility for what he described as a sabotage of the 2025 UTME, said the affected candidates will start getting text messages from the board starting from Thursday, May 15.
He said, “The affected candidates will start getting text messages for reschedule starting from tomorrow. I apologise, I take full responsibility.”
Of the 1.9 million candidates who sat the UTME, over 1.5 million reportedly scored below 200 out of the maximum 400 marks, raising concerns across the education sector.
Meanwhile, earlier, the board admitted to errors that affected students’ performance during the 2025 UTME.
Oloyede while speaking on this, said, “What should have been a moment of joy has changed due to one or two errors.”
Oloyede broke into tears as he apologised for the errors.
Recall that more than 8,000 JAMB candidates reportedly filed complaints citing technical glitches in the 2025 UTME, ranging from frozen screens to complete inaccessibility that delayed or prevented them from taking the computer-based test.
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