The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has extended the date for final assessment for underage candidates who took part in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.

This was contained in a statement by the Board’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, on Thursday in Abuja.

Benjamin said the new development became necessary after 23 of the 71 universities chosen by the affected candidates failed to submit their Post-UTME screening scores by the initial deadline of September 15, 2025.

According to him, despite the release of the 2025 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, results by the National Examinations Council, NECO, on September 17, several institutions had yet to comply.

“JAMB has formally written to the institutions involved, directing them to submit the outstanding screening scores without further delay,” the statement said.

It further reiterated that the defaulting universities and numbers of candidates, among others, include the University of Lagos (39 candidates), Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja (18), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (15), the University of Abuja (12), and the University of Uyo (9). Altogether, 135 candidates are affected.

The Board also reminded universities of their obligations under the Central Admissions Processing System, CAPS, which mandated public universities to forward their recommended candidates on or before Tuesday, September 30, 2025, while private universities have until Friday, October 31, 2025.

“This is to ensure that the final deadline of 30th October 2025 for public universities and the November 30th 2025 for private Universities are achieved,” it added

JAMB stressed that strict compliance with these timelines was critical to ensuring a smooth, fair, and transparent admission process for the 2025/2026 academic session, as agreed at the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, chaired by the Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa.

JAMB extends date for final assessment of under-age candidates