The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that candidates will not sit for the board’s examination outside their state of registration.
The announcement was made by JAMB Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday.
Benjamin revealed that candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) outside their state of registration and residence were sent to the available mock centres closer to their areas.
According to him, the move was because not all the Computer Based Test (CBT) centres were available to conduct the mock examination.
Benjamin added that all registered centres would be available for the main exercise.
“If centres for mock in Abuja are filled up, and there were available centres in Nassarawa State, candidates will be sent there,” he said.
He, however, added that it was unlikely in the main exercise because there will be more centres conducting the main examination: no candidate would be sent outside their state of residence.
Benjamin further disclosed that early UTME registration also determines the proximity of a candidate’s centre.
If a centre was already filled up, the candidate may be assigned any available centre within the state.
