JAMB Registrar Prof. Is'haq Oloyede
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has commenced registration for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination schedule to take place between January 26 and February 28 at all approved Computer-Based Test centres nationwide.
The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede disclosed this in Lagos at a meeting with commissioners for Educations ahead of the 2025 UTME and Direct Entry exercises.
He advised candidates to register earlier to have privilege to be posted in their preferred town centre.
He said, “The sale of UTME application document which is the ePIN, will start earlier than commencement of actual registration which is January 19 to February 26. Actual UTME registration period is between January 26 to Febuary 28 at all approved CBT Centres.”
“The close of mock selection is February 16 hile the sale of DE application documents and E-PIN vending will commence on March 2, and close by April 25,” he said.
The registrar added that, the UTME results of underage candidates would only be released after the completion of the entire evaluation process.
He explained that the move became necessary to evaluate and assess candidates seeking age waivers.
He said all CBT centres participating in the UTME registration exercise would be monitored live from JAMB headquarters.
He said the board had screened 924 centres and provisionally listed, noting that they would still undergo a final test before being fully accredited to participate in the UTME registration and examination.
“They will go through the final test before final accreditation,” he said.
On age requirements, the registrar stated that only candidates who will be not less than 16 years old by September 30, 2026, are generally eligible to apply for the UTME and be considered for admission.
He said, “Underage candidates who will be less than 16 years old by 30th September, 2026, will undergo an intensive evaluation to determine their eligibility for a waiver, and such candidates must have scored not less than 80 per cent in each of UTME/A’LEVEL, PUTME, SSCE and in the exceptional candidate assessment.”
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