The 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mop-up exercise has been fixed. The exact date is Saturday, 13 June, accordidng to The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). This is done following technical glitches and examination infractions that disrupted the main examination.
The board said the mop-up examination would cater to candidates who were biometrically verified during the main UTME but could not sit the examination “for one reason or another.”
The 2026 UTME was conducted between 16 and 23 April.
In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, the board acknowledged that some examination centres and candidates faced challenges that prevented them from sitting the examination.
JAMB added that all affected candidates had been listed for the mop-up examination.
‘Final phase’ of exercise
The examination body described the mop-up test as the concluding stage of the annual UTME process.
“The mop-up examination represents the final phase of the annual UTME exercise and serves as an opportunity to address all outstanding examination challenges involving candidates who duly presented themselves but encountered difficulties in taking the examination,” the board noted.
It advised affected candidates to begin printing their Examination Notification Slips from 6 June.
