THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced a new date on Sunday, June 2, for the 24,535 candidates who sat for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). 

The new date is Saturday, June 22, 2024.

According to JAMB spokesman Fabian Benjamin, in a statement, the decision was based on the significant non-compliance with criteria by the examination centres of the affected candidates.

He also announced that the board had released an additional 3,921 withheld results.

“The Board has painstakingly analysed the process and conduct of the 2024 UTME in some centres where there are strong proofs of substantial non-compliance with the Board’s standards. Consequently, 24,535 candidates have been rescheduled to retake the examination in their chosen towns on Saturday, June 22, 2024.

“Meanwhile, 3,921 outstanding 2024 UTME results that had been cleared have now been released. Therefore, concerned candidates are urged to check their results from Saturday, June 1, 2024, by sending RESULT to 55019 or 66019 to ascertain their status, as those cleared would have their results, while those rescheduled would be told that they had been rescheduled.

“The rescheduled candidates are to print their supplementary examination notification slip from Tuesday, June 4, 2024, to ascertain their designated examination centres,” the statement read in parts.

The statement further stated that the Board had released a total of 1,883,350 results, noting that the rescheduled examination was to give affected candidates adequate time to prepare for the exercise.

Additionally, the notice does not apply to candidates whose results have already been released. Applicants who have a prima facie case—that is, evidence of examination misconduct—will be further questioned to determine their guilt, after which necessary action will be taken and announced.

The board also announced that registration for Direct Entry (DE) will close on Monday, June 17, adding that DE registration centres had been expanded beyond the Professional Registration Centres (PRCs) in the states experiencing high demand in order accommodate the increased number of prospective DE candidates.

The Board added that the previously announced requirements for DE registration were still in effect and encouraged all qualified individuals to take advantage of the opportunity to register as no additional extensions would be considered.