JAMB shifts final assessment date for underage UTME candidates, warns defaulting universities

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shifted the last appraisal day for underage candidates who participated successful the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The adjustment, according to the Board, became indispensable aft 23 of the 71 universities chosen by the affected candidates failed to taxable their Post-UTME screening scores by the archetypal deadline of September 15, 2025.

In a connection signed by its Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB noted that contempt the merchandise of the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results by the National Examinations Council (NECO) connected September 17, respective institutions had yet to comply.

The defaulting universities see the University of Lagos (39 candidates), Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja (18), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (15), University of Abuja (12), and University of Uyo (9), among others. Altogether, 135 candidates are affected.

JAMB said it had formally written to the institutions involved, directing them to taxable the outstanding screening scores without further delay.

The Board besides reminded universities of their obligations nether the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). It mandated nationalist universities to guardant their recommended candidates connected oregon earlier Tuesday, September 30, 2025, portion backstage universities person until Friday, October 31, 2025.

JAMB stressed that the last deadlines—October 30 for nationalist universities and November 31 for backstage universities—remain binding, arsenic agreed astatine the 2025 Policy Meeting connected Admissions chaired by the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa.

The Board emphasized that strict compliance with these timelines was captious to ensuring a smooth, fair, and transparent admittance process for the 2025/2026 world session.

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