Giving affected candidates a final lifeline, JAMB schedules a nationwide mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to accommodate students hit by system glitches.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it will conduct a mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on June 13, 2026.
This special session is designed specifically for candidates who missed the main examination despite successfully clearing their biometric verification.
The development was disclosed in an official statement released on Monday in Abuja by the board’s Public Communication Adviser, Dr. Fabian Benjamin.
According to Benjamin, the upcoming exercise is an intentional intervention for candidates who presented themselves at their designated locations during the main 2026 UTME window but were locked out due to sudden infrastructural failures.
He explained that while the nationwide examination ran smoothly between April 16 and April 23, 2026, a few centers hit unexpected technical bottlenecks that completely prevented multiple sessions from being completed.
The board’s spokesperson further clarified that the mop-up list expands beyond victims of technical downtime. It also accommodates candidates whose results were initially withheld or withdrawn pending review of examination infractions, alongside individuals who faced biometric verification failures on their original test dates.
Dr. Benjamin described this upcoming test as the definitive closing phase of the 2026 UTME calendar, serving as a final administrative window to resolve all outstanding issues holding back legitimate candidates.
Affected students are strongly advised to visit the official JAMB portal to print their fresh Examination Notification Slips starting Saturday, June 6, 2026, to confirm their new venues and time slots.
While urging all eligible candidates to locate their assigned centers early and make timely travel arrangements, Benjamin issued a stern final warning: there will be absolutely no further opportunities or extensions granted to any candidate to sit the 2026 UTME once this mop-up exercise is concluded.
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