The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has expressed significant concern over the notably low turnout of candidates printing their examination notification slips for the upcoming 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mop-up exam. This crucial supplementary examination is scheduled for Saturday, 28 June.

According to a press statement released by JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin, as of Friday morning, a mere 12,442 out of the 98,232 scheduled candidates had printed their slips. This represents an alarming participation rate of only 12.6 percent. Printing these notification slips is a mandatory requirement for all candidates intending to sit for the mop-up examination.

JAMB has described this mop-up examination as a "rare opportunity" specifically for candidates who were unable to participate in the main UTME earlier in the year. The board strongly urged all eligible candidates, particularly those who missed their initial examination, to promptly print their notification slips to ensure they do not forfeit this chance. Failure to do so will result in the loss of the opportunity to take the examination.

The board affirmed its commitment to facilitating the process, stating that both human and material resources have been deployed to support the printing activity. JAMB is actively monitoring the printing process to estimate the expected attendance for the examination, emphasizing that every eligible candidate should have the opportunity to sit the exam.

The 2025 UTME initially saw over two million candidates register, with more than 1.9 million having already sat the main examination in April. Furthermore, JAMB had conducted a rescheduled UTME in May for over 300,000 candidates. This rescheduling was necessitated by a discovered glitch that affected candidates' results across 65 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres in Lagos State and 92 CBT centres in Anambra, Imo, Abia, Ebonyi, and Enugu states. The anomaly was identified after numerous complaints from candidates with strong academic backgrounds reported unusually low scores, prompting JAMB to rectify the situation.