The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has recommended 11 Computer-Based Test (CBT) Centres and their registrants for sanction due to fingerprint irregularities during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The leadership of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, with some critical stakeholders, hereby recommends that Any registrant who has registered more than 50 candidates (with infractions) should be dismissed from participating in the activities of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.
Professor Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB, issued the order on Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2025, following a brainstorming session with stakeholders. Despite making the recommendation, Oloyede noted that the sanction must be approved by Dr Tunji Alausa, the Minister of Education, to take effect.
Oloyede clarified that anyone involved in the infraction “will not participate in any UTME exercise, will not be registered for the UTME even as a student, and will not be allowed to participate in any of the sister examinations, be it WAEC, NECO, or NABTEB, and this is to be for three years. He stated, “And others who have registered less than 50 will be warned, and they will be required to write a letter of apology to the board after issuing a bond, indicating that they will not be involved in such a thing again. Then, for CBT centres, those involved are to be warned, and then they will be asked to sign a bond. Besides the bond, they will also be required to give evidence of training of their registrants.”
Recall that the 2025 UTME was marred by irregularities, including technical glitches, students sitting for their examinations at night, mass failure, and the need to resit the examination.
