JAMB has taken its first concrete step in response to the disruptions that defined mock day for thousands of candidates, confirming that more than 20 CBT centres have been formally delisted and will play no part in the main UTME examination on 16 April 2026.
The announcement came in a Tuesday statement from JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin, who confirmed that the 2026 Mock UTME was administered across 989 centres nationally, with 152,586 of the 224,597 registered candidates successfully sitting the test. Centres that failed technically on the day have now been removed. “Over 20 CBT centres that experienced technical challenges have been delisted due to technical inadequacies,” the statement read.
The decision comes after one of the more disruptive mock examinations in recent memory. Candidates reported arriving at centres before 7 a.m. only to encounter server failures, power outages and sessions that did not begin until mid afternoon. At a centre in Abule Egba, Lagos, the server crashed after one candidate had attempted just four questions, and students were eventually dismissed without completing the examination. Across social media, the day was described as chaotic, poorly coordinated and deeply frustrating for candidates who had made arrangements and arrived on time.
The delisting of failing centres is a necessary response, but it creates an immediate practical concern for affected candidates. If your centre is among those removed, you will need to know your new venue, session and date well before 16 April. Waiting until examination morning to discover a reassignment is not a risk worth taking.
Log on to the JAMB website today, confirm your centre’s status, and if anything has changed, note every detail of your new assignment. Three weeks is enough time to prepare properly, but only if you are not scrambling over logistics on the day that counts.
Last Updated on April 1, 2026 by Ola Funmilayo
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