About 211,000 candidates across Nigeria sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock exam on Thursday. The mock test, organized by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), was held in designated Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide.
The Registrar of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, who monitored the process at a CBT centre in Bwari, Abuja, confirmed that the results would be released the next day.
“They will have the results tomorrow. The results will be ready. Those who finished, we are working now on their results, but we want to compare with the second batch, the third batch, and so on. And see that everything is working well. But later by tomorrow, they will have the results.”
Professor Oloyede explained that the mock examination serves as a trial run for both JAMB and the candidates. It’s meant to assess the board’s readiness for the main exam and test out new improvements to the process.
“The word is mock, and we want to say so far so good. What we want to do is to try some things. As students are getting wiser, we are also getting better.
Because we are doing certain things to ensure that those things are done. So we are trying to make sure that when we go for the exam, we will have gained experience and taken some lessons from our experience at the Mock level. So, so far, so good.”
He also expressed concern about the increasing number of candidates trying to cheat by patronising rogue websites and warned that JAMB is actively tracking such activities.
“We need to let the students know that the best way to pass the examination, UTME in particular, is to study. We are aware of some rogue websites asking people to come and pay so that they can help.
It cannot work. We have also opened our rogue website. As of this morning, about 180 students have paid.”
According to him, students who attempt to gain an unfair advantage through these sites will face serious consequences.
“We have about 180 of them. And we are going to deal with them firmly. We are going to cancel their results, both UTME and DE.”
He further advised candidates to avoid registering by proxy or sharing their registration numbers, as this could be exploited by schools trying to falsely boost their success rate.
“Some of them are paying N30,000 for something that will never work. And to some, when I look at those who have paid us this money, I smile.”
The 2025 UTME is scheduled to commence on April 25, and all candidates are expected to sit for the exam in accredited CBT centres across the country.
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