The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has scheduled Saturday, June 13, 2026, for the conduct of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mop-up exercise for affected candidates nationwide.
The announcement was made in a statement issued on Monday by Fabian Benjamin, JAMB;s spokesperson.
According to the Board, the mop-up examination is meant for candidates who were successfully biometrically verified during the main UTME but could not sit for the examination due to technical issues, biometric verification problems, or withdrawn results linked to examination infractions.
JAMB said the exercise represents the final stage of the 2026 UTME process and is intended to address all unresolved candidate issues from the main examination.
“The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday, 13th June, 2026 for the conduct of the UTME mop-up examination for all candidates who presented themselves and were biometrically verified for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) but were unable to sit the examination for one reason or another,” the statement said in part.
The Board explained that while the 2026 UTME was conducted between April 16 and April 29, some Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres experienced technical challenges that disrupted examinations for several candidates.
JAMB also noted that some candidates had their results withdrawn over examination malpractice, while others encountered biometric verification issues despite appearing for the examination.
The Board advised all affected candidates to begin printing their Examination Notification Slips from Saturday, June 6, 2026.
Candidates were also urged to familiarise themselves with their assigned examination centres ahead of the mop-up exercise.
JAMB stressed that the June 13 examination would be the final opportunity for affected candidates to sit for the 2026 UTME.
The 2026 UTME was conducted nationwide between April 16 and April 25 across accredited CBT centres.
JAMB initially released 632,752 results for candidates who sat for the examination on April 16 before later publishing an additional 1,264,940 results for candidates who wrote the exams on April 17 and 18.
This brought the total number of released results within the first three days of the exercise to 1,897,692.
The Board also released 279 previously withheld results in May after concluding investigations into suspected examination malpractice cases.
