19/09/2025
JAMB announces new date for final assessment of underage candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adjusted the final date for the scheduled assessment of underage candidates who sat the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
In a statement by Fabian Benjamin, Public Communication Advisor, JAMB, the Board said the move became necessary after discovering that 23 of the 71 universities chosen by the affected candidates failed to submit their Post-UTME screening scores as of the September 15 deadline.
Top on the list of defaulting institutions are the University of Lagos (39 candidates), Nile University, Abuja (18), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (15), University of Abuja (12), and University of Uyo (9).
Others include the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, University of Calabar, Lagos State University, Bingham University, and several state and private universities, bringing the total number of affected candidates to 135.
By this notice, JAMB urged the defaulting universities to urgently forward the pending results, stressing that further delays could affect the ongoing admission exercise.
The Board also reminded public universities to submit their recommended candidates on the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) not later than 30th September 2025, while private universities must comply by 31st October 2025.
JAMB reaffirmed that the admission deadlines of 30th October 2025 for public universities and 30th November 2025 for private universities remain binding, in line with resolutions reached at the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions chaired by the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa.