The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will conduct the 2026 UTME mop-up examination on June 13 for candidates who missed the examination in spite of successful biometric verification.
JAMB disclosed this in a statement issued by its Public Communication Adviser, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Monday in Abuja.
According to the him, the mop-up examination is for candidates who presented themselves for the 2026 UTME but could not take the examination due to various challenges.
He explained that while the 2026 UTME was conducted between April 16 and April 23, some centres experienced technical difficulties that prevented a number of candidates from sitting for the examination.
Benjamin added that candidates whose results were withdrawn over examination infractions, as well as those who could not be verified biometrically on the examination day, had also been scheduled for the mop-up exercise.
He described the examination as the final phase of the annual UTME exercise and an opportunity to resolve all outstanding issues affecting candidates who were unable to take the examination.
He advised affected candidates to print their Examination Notification Slips from June 6 in order to obtain details of their examination centres and schedules.
He urged all eligible candidates to familiarise themselves with their examination centres and make adequate arrangements ahead of the examination date.
Benjamin, however, stressed that there would be no further opportunity for any candidate to sit for the 2026 UTME after the mop-up examination.
