JAMB Begins Sale Of Direct Entry Forms Today

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the sale of its Direct Entry forms and registration will start today nationwide and in selected foreign centres.
A statement yesterday in Abuja by its Public Communications Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, said the registration process would close on Thursday, March 28.

Benjamin said the sale of the DE forms was open to foreign candidates wishing to have tertiary education in Nigeria through the Direct Entry mode.

The JAMB spokesperson assured the public that the board would continue to ensure a level-playing field for all candidates, irrespective of status.

He warned that the board would not process candidates’ application from all awarding institutions that have refused to honour several requests for the verification of their A’Level certificates presented by some candidates for last year’s admission.

The statement said: “Candidates who are not awaiting results must have uploaded their A’Level qualifications, O’Level results and DE registration template at the point of registration as no DE candidates would be processed for admission until such claimed results are uploaded and verified by the awarding institutions on the Board’s Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) mail platform.

“DE candidates who, at the point of registration are awaiting A’Level results of IJMB/JUPEB/NABTEB, must have uploaded their Admission Letter and Registration Template at the point of registration. Applicants with Cambridge certificates of pre-2018 examination year should visit Cambridge directly for verification.

“This verification may take up to 28 days (as specified by the awarding body) after which the verification result would be forwarded to the board. The verification would be reflected on the e-Facility profile of the DE candidate. Statement of results (in lieu of certificate) is accepted for registration only within three years of the date of award.”

“The board has also given a window of opportunity for upgrading from UTME to DE with a proviso for only candidates whose DE results have not been released at the point of UTME registration and who must have indicated at the point of registration that he/she is awaiting A’Level results, the particulars of which he/she must have supplied and contained in the uploaded registration template.”