The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced the rescheduling of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 379,997 affected candidates.

The process began on Thursday morning, following an announcement by JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.

Oloyede acknowledged errors in the recently concluded exam, affecting 206,610 candidates across 65 centers in Lagos and 173,387 candidates across 92 centers in the Owerri zone, which covers the five states in the South East.

“The affected candidates will begin receiving text messages for their rescheduled exams from tomorrow,” he said. “I apologize and take full responsibility.”

In a reprinted exam slip sighted by our correspondent, one of the affected candidates has been rescheduled to write their exam on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. at a center in the Igando community, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos.