By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced plans to reschedule candidates affected by disruptions during the ongoing 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The assurance was given on Friday by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, during a monitoring visit by the Senate Committee on Tertiary Education.
Benjamin addressed concerns raised by parents and candidates whose examinations were disrupted at the Good Success Computer-Based Test centre in Utako, Abuja.
He acknowledged the challenges encountered, describing them as part of the realities of conducting a nationwide examination of such scale, but stressed that the board remains committed to ensuring that no candidate is unfairly disadvantaged.
“Naturally, you should have one or two challenges here and there. It is not unusual, and I do not think there is anybody who will conduct the exam using one thousand centres and then expect that you would not have any problems. But the most important thing is that if this problem does occur, are you prepared to handle it? And that is what we have just done there.
“All candidates impacted will be rescheduled to write the examination at a later date and possibly at a different centre,” he said.
