The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that candidates who registered for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can now print their examination notification slips ahead of the nationwide exercise.
The disclosure was contained in the latest bulletin released by the Board and signed by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin.
The 2026 UTME is scheduled to commence nationwide on Thursday, April 16, 2026, and will run over several days.
What JAMB is saying
According to the Board, all registered candidates are required to print their examination slips to confirm key details such as their examination date, venue, and time.
JAMB urged candidates to visit its official portal and access the slip printing section to retrieve their details.
- “Candidates are encouraged to print their slips early and familiarise themselves with their examination centres ahead of the examination date to avoid any inconvenience.
- “Each candidate has been assigned a specific schedule on the notification slip, which enables the candidate to arrive at the centre well ahead of examination time to allow for proper screening and accreditation before the commencement of the examination,” they said
More insights
To print the examination slip, candidates should visit the Board’s website at https://www.jamb.gov.ng and click on “2026 UTME Slip Printing.”
JAMB stated that the 2026 UTME will be conducted with enhanced security measures aimed at curbing examination malpractice across centres nationwide.
The Board warned both candidates and centre operators to desist from any form of misconduct, stressing that strict sanctions will be applied to offenders.
What you should know
Nairametrics earlier reported that a total of 2,243,816 candidates registered for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination nationwide, with Lagos (321,814), Kaduna (303,498), FCT-Abuja (302,963), and Ogun (137,156) leading the list of states with the highest number of registrants.
- The 2026 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), conducted on March 28 for 227,896 candidates nationwide, was marred by widespread technical and logistical challenges across several centres.
- Multiple reports from candidates and parents indicated that some centres experienced hours-long delays, while others were unable to commence the examination due to network failures and system glitches.
- In response to the disruptions, the Board sanctioned affected centres by removing more than 20 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres from its list of approved facilities over technical failures recorded during the exercise.
The board announced earlier that it made provision for 1,000 examination centres nationwide ahead of the 2026 UTME, up from fewer than 800 in 2025.
