The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted the five computer-based test (CBT) centres that failed to meet the stringent technical standards required for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which started on Thursday, April 24.
According to a statement signed by Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s spokesman, the delisted CBT centres are; Adventure Associate, Behind Sheshe Supermarket, Off Hadejia Road, Kano, Kano State; Saadatu Rimi College of Education, Zaria Road, Naibawa, Kano, Kano State.
Others include, Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd, Centre 2, 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal; Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd, Centre 1, 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal, and Soronara Ventures Nigeria Limited Foundation Road, Umudagu Mbieri, Mbaitoli, Imo State.
Meanwhile, the tertiary institutions entrance examination board have commended the 883 centres that have demonstrated exceptional performance, but unequivocally warns that any centre which failed the ethical or technical standards, regardless of ownership, will be blacklisted.
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Candidates who were previously scheduled to take their exams at the delisted centres are urged to urgently reprint their examination notification slips to access their new centres and rescheduled dates. We regret any inconvenience this may cause, but we will not tolerate excuses by candidates who fail to reprint their slip to get their new schedules.
JAMB’s report further states that as of Friday, April 25, over 900,000 candidates have successfully completed the UTME out of the 2,083,600 registered for the 2025 examination.
In a significant crackdown, 27 impersonators have been apprehended and handed over to the Nigeria Police for immediate prosecution.
Besides, the board has been alerted to the unauthorised restrictions imposed on candidates wearing hijabs, and swift action has been taken to address this unilateral decision, which has been categorically condemned by the vice-chancellor of the university.
This misguided action was the result of an overzealous security officer.
“We extend our sincere apologies to the affected candidates and commend the leadership of both the centre and the university for their prompt intervention, which ensured that no candidate suffered undue disadvantage,” the statement reads.
