2025 UTME: JAMB Postpones Registration, Announces New Date
- JAMB has announced that the commencement of the 2025 UTME registration exercise has now been postponed to Monday, February 3
- Fabian Benjamin, the JAMB spokesperson, noted that the examination was earlier scheduled for commencement on Friday, January 31
- The JAMB spokesperson maintained that the reason for the postponement was to make some adjustments to the registration portal following dis-accreditation of law in some selected universities
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the postponement of the registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The 2025 UTME exercise, which was earlier scheduled to commence on Friday, January 31, would now commence on Monday, February 3.
Source: Twitter
Fabian Benjamin, the public communication advisor for the examination board, disclosed the development in a statement made available to journalists on Friday, January 31.
Why JAMB postpone 2025 UTME registration
According to Benjamin, the reason for the postponement was to allow JAMB to make some essential adjustments to its registration templates.
The JAMB spokesperson said the adjustments were due to the suspension of certain law programmes in some universities. He said the names of the universities were submitted to JAMB by the Council of Legal Education.
He further added that JAMB discovered that some Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres deployed deceptive facilities for them to be approved by the board. He said that this forced JAMB to further scrutinise and appropriately disapprove such centres.
JAMB apologised for postponing UTME registration
JAMB then tendered its apology while acknowledging the inconvenience that the disruption might have caused to candidates and other stakeholders.
Benjamin noted that additional time would be used to ensure that all needed changes were made for the registration process to be smooth.
JAMB made the announcement in a tweet:
Legit.ng recalled that JAMB told the 2025 UTME prospective candidates that they should not select some listed universities for their law programmes.
The examination board announced that it would not conduct law admissions for the listed universities because the Council of Legal Education (CLE) has suspended their law programmes for the 2025/2026 academic session.
JAMB recommends "The Lekki Headmaster"
On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, JAMB said, 'The Lekki Headmaster' has been approved as the reading text for the Use of English.
Legit.ng reports that Kabir Alabi Garba, an arts and culture journalist, authors the Lekki Headmaster.
JAMB provided the update via its official X (formerly Twitter) handle ahead of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
JAMB introduces mock examination
Legit.ng earlier reported that underage students would sit for the 2025 UTME mock trial.
The JAMB registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, shared this update during a presentation at a stakeholder meeting. Oloyede explained the reason for the introduction of the 2025 UTME mock trial for underage candidates.
Oloyede disclosed that the registration fee for the 2025 UTME is N7,200 without the Mock exam and N8,200 with the Mock exam. The Direct Entry fee is N5,700, while the Trial Testing Mock (for underage candidates) costs N3,500.
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