The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adjusted the final assessment date for underage candidates who sat the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The change, according to JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, follows delays by some universities in submitting Post-UTME scores despite an agreed deadline of September 15, 2025.
Out of 71 universities chosen by the candidates, 23 were yet to submit scores as at the deadline. They include high-profile institutions such as the University of Lagos (39 candidates), Nile University (18), Nnamdi Azikiwe University (15), University of Abuja (12), and University of Uyo (9), among others.
JAMB has now issued fresh deadlines: all public universities must upload recommended candidates on CAPS by September 30, 2025, while private universities have until October 31, 2025. The overall admissions deadlines remain October 30 for public universities and November 31 for private institutions.
“These dates are sacrosanct,” the statement warned, stressing that the timelines were agreed at the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions chaired by Education Minister Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa.
The Board urged defaulting universities to act immediately, noting that NECO had already released the 2025 SSCE results on September 17. With 135 underage candidates awaiting final assessment, JAMB insists that further delays will not be tolerated.
