HOW TO REGISTER FOR 2018 UTME AND DIRECT ENTRY (DE) APPLICATION IN NIGERIA AND FOREIGN CENTRES

 

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is a Parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Education

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with the mandate to conduct Matriculation Examinations for the placement of suitably qualified candidates into tertiary institutions in Nigeria, as provided by the JAMB Act 1989, Cap 193, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.
The Board in the discharge of its mandate is inviting Applications from suitably qualified candidates for admission to Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria for Academic Session beginning in 2018. 

GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The generaI requirements for admission into the 
First Degree, National Diploma (ND), National Innovation Diploma(NID) and Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) programmes in Universities, other Degree-Awarding Institutions, Monotechnics,Polytechnics,Innovation Enterprise Institutions and Colleges of Education

• Must have five (5) O'Level Credit passes including  Mathematics and English Language.

DIRECT ENTRY REQUIREMENTS 
Candidates with one of the following qualifications may be considered for admission by Direct Entry:
i A minimum of O'Level credit pass in five (5) subjects at not more than two sittings with at least two prescribed subjects (for each discipline) at Principal or Advanced level. No subject shall be counted twice at both Ordinary and Advanced Level

ii Two passes (in prescribed subjects for each discipline) at the Advanced-Level Examination of IJMB, Cambridge, JUPEB or Institute of Baccalaureate with SSCE/GCE, NTS/NBC credits equivalents in three other subjects

iii Passes in two major subjects in the NCE with S.S.C.E., NTC/NBC credits or equivalents in THREE other subjects (mainly for Education Courses) and ND. For Education courses, Education may be accepted as a third A' Level subject

iv Minimum of lower credit grade in National Diploma or National Innovation Diploma and the O'Level requirements 

>>> DE CANDIDATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THEIR JAMB REGISTRATION NUMBERS WITH WHICH THEY GAINED ADMISSION TO NCE/NID/DIPLOMA AND PREVIOUS DEGREE PROGRAMMES.

>>QUALIFICATIONS AWARDED BY EXAMINATION BODIES (IJMB, CAMBRIDGE, WAEC, JUPEB, etc) APPROVED BY NIGERIA SHALL NOT REQUIRE ANY PRIOR

IMPORTANT LINKS

• 2018 APPROVED CBT REGISTRATION CENTRES
• 2018 CBT REGISTRATION CENTER 
• 2018 UTME/DE REGISTRATION TEMPLATE (CANDIDATES IN FOREIGN CENTRES ONLY)

THE REGISTRATION IS IN THREE STEPS

STEP 1: PROFILE REGISTRATION, FROM YOUR UNIQUE CELL (PHONE) NUMBER

The profile registration is as simple as sending a text to JAMB Short Code 55019 from any of the Mobile Phone Networks. 
To register your profile:

• Send Your Name [Surname First-Name Middle-Name (if any)] as text (SMS) to 55019. Example, Tinubu Adamu Odumegwu
• A Profile Code of 10 characters is received on your telephone number used in (I) above.

STEP 2: HOW TO PAY AND WHERE TO PROCURE ePIN
The Registration Fee is Five Thousand (N5,000) Naira Only. Additional Five Hundred (N500) Naira Only is paid to obtain the reading text book “IN DEPENDENCE” for UTME Candidates and “The Last Days at Forcados High School” for DE Candidates and $20 for Candidates from the eight foreign centres. 

There are different channels for procurement of ePIN. 
Candiddates should choose the one convenient for him / her. 
i. NIPOST and eleven Participating Banks (ACCESS, ECOBANK, FIRSTBANK, FCMB, FIDELITY, JAIZ, SKYE, STERLING, UNION, UNITY and ZENITH)

ii. Four Mobile Money Operators: Paga, e-Tranzact (PocketMoni), TEASYPay and Packway Projects (Readycash)

iii. Two participating Micro Finance Banks: FUD MFB (Dutse) and Regent MFB (Abuja)

iv. Two online Payment Platforms: SystemSpecs (Remita) and InterSwitch (Quickteller)

v. POS (Citi-Serve) - This is available at State Offices of JAMB + CBT Centres, other POS outlets and any CBT Centre that demands it

vi. ATMs of banks listed in (i) above (InterSwitch) -

vii. USSD (NIBSS & ERCAS) for mobile banking

viii. Nigerian Embassies in Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Buea, Cotonou, Jeddah, Johannesburg and London.

PAYMENT PROCEDURES 
Payment can be made through the following:
i PAYMENT THROUGH BANKS INCLUDING MICRO FINANCE BANKS / POS / MOBILE MONEY OPERATORS

• Present Profile Code and pay by cash or card
• ePINis then delivered to your unique telephone number

ii. PAYMENT USING ATM

• Select Bill Payment and then pick JAMB
• Enter Profile Code and pay
• ePIN is then delivered to your telephone number

iii. ONLINE PAYMENT ON JAMB PORTAL

• Visit JAMB website: www.jamb.gov.ng
• Click Purchase of 2018 Application Document
• Enter your Profile Code
• Select payment method (InterSwitch or Remita)
• Make payment
• ePIN is then delivered to your unique telephone number

iv. PAYMENTS USING USSD (NIBSS/ERCAS)

• Dial *565*6*55019#
• Enter Profile Code
• Select bank and follow the prompts to complete payment
• ePINis then delivered to the candidate's unique telephone number

v. PROCEDURE FOR THE EIGHT FOREIGN CENTRES ONLY IS AS FOLLOWS :
Registration fee for candidates from the eight foreign countries is $20 or its equivalent in each of the eight countries
Candidates from the eight foreign countries are to download the Application from the Board's website(www.jamb.gov.ng) complete and submit it with the fee at the their designated centre as indicated on the website

STEP 3: THE CBT CENTRES LOCATION AND HOW TO COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION CENTRES

• The Registration Exercise is regulated by the Board and only the accredited Computer Based Test Centres and JAMB Offices will be allowed to register candidates

•  Click here to download The list of accredited CBT centres

REGISTRATION PROCESS AT CBT CENTRES:
After procuring ePIN, you proceed to any JAMB accredited CBT Centre of your choice for completion of registration. Your name as typed by your phone when registering the profile comes up automatically on the input of the ePIN by the CBT centre

NOTE THIS:
i) Pay NOT more than N700 as Service Charge to the CBT Centre

ii. Provide Biodata including Date of Birth, Nationality, State of Origin, Local Government, Gender, e-mail address, among others

iii. Provide choice of Institutions and Programmes (Disciplines)

iv. Provide qualification with grades and dates, if not awaiting result

v. Upload relevant certificates, if not awaiting result

vi. O/L and or A/L grades are to be provided by candidates. Candidates who are awaiting results 
should supply the results online as soon as they are available on JAMB's portal. No recommendations from any Institution will be considered by JAMB if the candidate has not supplied his/her result on the portal of JAMB

vii. Supply JAMB registration number for previous institutional certificates for DE only

viii. Provide UTME subjects and choice of examination town(s) for

(a) Mock examination (optional)

(b) Examination for UTME (actual examination)

ix. Do picture capture (no scanning of passport photograph)

x. Do Biometric enrolment (ten fingers)

xi. Review entries and confirm correctness

xii. Print Registration Slip USING BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION 

xiii. Collect, at no other cost, the reading text and CD

xiv. Collect e-slip at the end of registration as evidence of registration

xv. There will be no offline registration, as all the accredited CBT centres have been empowered 
for real time online registration. No candidate should register at any centre other than the accredited CBT centre and JAMB State-Offices. Any candidate who is registered outside approved centres will be identified and disqualified

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