Can you reschedule if you missed your JAMB exam?

Missing an exam can be a very painful situation. But if you have missed your JAMB exam can the board reschedule it there a possibility for you to write you exam at a later date?

Every year, candidates miss their JAMB exam for one reason or the other, and more will miss it in the future, but if this happens to you, what can you do?

There are so many reasons that can make a candidate miss their JAMB exam. Ranging from heavy rain downpour on the day of exam, heavy traffic, and transportation issues. Some candidates miss their JAMB exam because of failure to locate their exam center. But would JAMB listen and give you another chance for coming late or even missing the exam? Yes, going late to the JAMB exam center can make you miss the exam because you will most likely not be allowed to enter the exam hall.

You missed your JAMB exam – will JAMB reschedule it for you?

JAMB will not reschedule or allow any candidate to rewrite their JAMB exam if they missed it. Specifically due to any reason that emanated from the candidates, like coming extremely late for the exam. Unfortunately, there won’t be any make up for any such candidate.

If the fault was from your end, unfortunately JAMB will not be able to reschedule the exam for you.

JAMB can reschedule exams for the following reasons:

1. Candidates whose biometrics were not captured during the time period of the JAMB UTME examination.
2. Candidates who have not seen their results since the end of the JAMB UTME examinations which took place and was not booked for exam malpractice.
3. Applicants who were unable to print out their e-slip during the initial JAMB UTME EXAMINATIONS.
4. Candidates whose centers were canceled for malpractice suspicion.

What can I do after missing my JAMB exam?

Listen, we are not trying to stare up your hope but there have been cases of candidates who missed their JAMB exam and were opportune to write it by pleading with the supervisors in the JAMB centers. This is very rare and have only happened to very lucky candidates.

If you missed your JAMB exam, forgive yourself, learn from your mistakes and make better preparations to write it next year

It is very unfortunate that JAMB hardly makes provision for candidates who miss their exam to reschedule. Though this is the case, there are other alternatives to JAMB that you might want to consider.

JAMB is very strict with rescheduling exams for any candidate who misses the UTME exam.

Yes, you missed your JAMB exam, but know that you are not the only one. It is a painful situation but there isn’t much you can do except wait to write it the following year or consider other JAMB alternatives here.