The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has fixed Saturday, June 13, 2026, for the Jamb 2026 Mop Up Exam, setting one last sitting for candidates who were biometrically verified but could not take the 2026 UTME. JAMB said the exercise is for candidates who were present for the exam but were kept out by technical challenges and related issues.
The board said all affected candidates have been listed for the mop-up, and it told them to begin printing their examination notification slips from Saturday, June 6, 2026. JAMB also said there will be no further opportunity for any candidate to sit the 2026 UTME after this mop-up exercise.
The announcement came on Monday through spokesperson Fabian Benjamin, after a UTME cycle that ran from April 23 to 29, 2026 and drew more than two million candidates. Some centres faced technical difficulties during the exam, some results were withdrawn over examination infractions, and some candidates who showed up could not be biometrically verified.
Benjamin said the mop-up is the final phase of the annual UTME process and exists to resolve outstanding examination problems involving candidates who properly presented themselves but still could not complete the test. That makes the June 13 sitting more than a make-up date; it is the board’s last chance to close the file on the 2026 exercise.
JAMB has already released the 2026 UTME results and kept the admission cut-off marks at 150 for universities and 100 for polytechnics. The mop-up exam now stands as the final step before the board moves fully into the next stage of the admissions season.
For candidates on the list, the deadline is clear and there is no backup sitting waiting behind it. If they miss June 13, the 2026 UTME is over for them.
