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JAMB Form Registration Period and Cost

REGISTRATION PERIOD FOR UTME ONLY (Candidates are to have valid and functional personal e-mail address before commencing the process)

• The period of registration for UTME candidates, including those from Foreign Countries, is from Saturday, 14 January 2023, to Tuesday, 14 February 2023.
• PIN vending for UTME ends on Tuesday, 14th February 2023, while registration closes on Friday, 17th February 2023.

REGISTRATION PERIOD FOR DIRECT ENTRY ONLY (Candidates are to have valid and functional personal e-mail address before commencing the process)

• Direct Entry application would commence from Monday, 20th February, to Thursday, 20th April 2023. Registration for DE would only be at the Board’s State and Zonal Offices.

Direct entry candidates should check the 2023 JAMB Direct Entry Form Application Details page for the procedure to obtain JAMB DE form and register.

Cost of JAMB Form

In Nigeria:

Check the table below for the cost of the JAMB form for UTME and DE Candidates:

Foreign Centres: $20.

2023 UTME Order of Choice of Institution (Any Institution can be the first choice)

On the 2023 registration platform, Candidates are to note that their 1st choice can be a College of Education, University, Innovative Enterprise Institutes, Polytechnics/Monotechnics, NDA (Nigerian Defence Academy) or Nigeria Police.

Proceed to download the 2023 JAMB UTME registration template.

2023 JAMB UTME General Entry Requirements

The general entry requirements for admission into the First Degree, National Diploma (ND), National Innovation Diploma (NID) and Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) programmes are five (5) O’Level Credit passes, including English Language. In addition, credit in Mathematics is required for science-based and social science programmes.

How to Obtain 2023 JAMB Form & General Instructions

Candidates are advised to read the information below carefully to be able to obtain their JAMB UTME form:

• Registration Fee is Three Thousand Five Hundred (N3, 500) Naira Additional Five Hundred (N500) Naira only, is paid to obtain the reading text “The Life Changer” by Khadija Abubakar Jali for UTME and DE Candidates and $20 for Candidates from the nine foreign centres.
• Candidates should note that ePINS purchased are tied to individual profile and are not transferable.
• Candidates are advised to keep private and confidential their security details such as registration numbers, password/numbers of ATM Cards, email addresses and ePINs. No centre is allowed to request or accept a candidate’s password.
• Candidates are not permitted to register more than once. In the event of any error during the registration process, such candidates are to seek correction from the Board and not to obtain a fresh application as doing so would attract sanction.
• Nobody, including parents/guardians or any proxy, is allowed to transact any business on any candidate’s profile. The Board monitors the registration process and all activities on candidates’ profiles, and defaulters shall be severely sanctioned. Any candidate who makes their password, profile code or other security codes available to another person (parents, friends, tutorial teachers, fraudsters etc.) is liable for any alteration done by such person(s). DO NOT GIVE YOUR PASSWORD TO ANYBODY, INCLUDING JAMB OFFICIALS. These security codes are not to be demanded at any registration centre by any person for any purpose.

SELF-HELP IN CASE OF MISTAKE/LOSS OF PROFILE CODE:

1. To retrieve a lost Profile Code, send [RESEND] to 55019 or 66019 as a text message from the same mobile number
2. Candidates can reset lost or forgotten Profile Password on their registered cell phone by sending [password] space [email address] to 55019 or 66019 as a text message from the same mobile number

JAMB ePIN SELLING POINTS The ePIN outlets are:

The ePIN outlets are:

1. NIPOST, Banks, MMOs, MFBs and other participating financial institutions.
2. Candidates can buy the e-pins from banks or vending agents through their e-wallets
3. Foreign Candidates are to visit the Nigerian Embassy for guidance on how to apply in any of the following countries
   1.  Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire
   2. Accra, Ghana
   3. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
   4. Beau, Cameroun
   5. Cotonou, Benin Republic
   6. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
   7. Johannesburg, South Africa
   8. London, United Kingdom
   9. Berlin, Germany

DUTIES OF PARTICIPATING BANKS/OUTLETS:

1. Collect the Profile Code from the candidate’s phone
2. Collect payment and vend ePIN by SMS to candidate’s phone (Not dictating or copying)
3. Facilitate POS Payment, if necessary
4. Issue Evidence of Payment
5. Delivery of ePIN to candidates. (This should not be Handwritten)

SIX DIFFERENT MODES/METHODS OF PAYMENT/ PROCUREMENT OF ePIN FOR REGISTRATION (CHOOSE SUITABLE ONE):

1. PAYMENT THROUGH BANKS, INCLUDING MICRO FINANCE BANKS
   • Present Profile Code and pay by cash, card or through e-wallet (either N6,700 with Mock or N5,700 without Mock) for UTME as DE is N4,700
   • ePIN is then delivered to the candidate’s unique telephone number
2. PAYMENT THROUGH POS – This is available at State Offices of JAMB + CBT Centres, other POS outlets and any CBT Centre that demands it
   • Present Profile Code and pay by card
   • ePIN is then delivered to the candidate’s unique telephone number
3. PAYMENT THROUGH MOBILE MONEY OPERATORS – This is available at CBT Centres and Other Outlets
   • Present Profile Code and pay by cash
   • ePIN is then delivered to the candidate’s unique telephone number
4. PAYMENT USING ATM – This is available on all ATM outlets of Participating Banks listed in C(I) (InterSwitch Channel)
   • Select Bill Payment and then pick JAMB
   • Enter Profile Code and pay
   • ePIN is then delivered to the candidate’s unique telephone number
5. ONLINE PAYMENT ON JAMB PORTAL
   • Visit the JAMB website: jamb.gov.ng
   • Click Purchase of 2023 Application Document
   • Enter your Profile Code
   • Select payment method (InterSwitch or Remita)
   • Make payment
   • ePIN is then delivered to the candidate’s unique telephone number
6. PAYMENT PROCEDURE AT FOREIGN CENTRES
   • The registration fee for candidates from the nine foreign countries is $20 or its equivalent in each of the nine countries’ local currency.
   • Candidates from the nine 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 nine designated centres as indicated on the website.
     OR
   • Foreign candidates visit www.jamb.gov.ng/efacility
   • create a profile
   • Login to the profile
   • On the menu on the left pane, click on 2023 Foreign UTME/DE registration
   • Go through guided questions until the payment page
   • Make payment using any of the authorised cards
   • Complete the registration directly online

HOW TO RECOVER LOST ePIN AFTER PAYMENT:

1. If ePIN is not Received or Lost, send [UTMEPIN] or [DEPIN] to 55019 or 66019 for UTME or DE, respectively, from the unique number
2. The ePIN would then be retrieved and delivered on the candidate’s unique number

AFTER SUCCESSFUL PAYMENT AND OBTAINING ePIN, CANDIDATE SHOULD PROCEED TO ANY OF THE JAMB-ACCREDITED CBT CENTRES TO COMPLETE HIS/HER REGISTRATION.

BIOMETRIC CHALLENGES:

• Candidates with biometric challenges can only register at JAMB headquarters in Abuja.
• No other CBT centre is permitted to register such candidates
• They will also sit for their examination at JAMB Headquarters in Abuja
• No candidate will be allowed to enter the examination hall or sit for the examination if his biometrics is not verified
  • The system will not permit or process any examination without biometric verification.
  • Candidates with Biometric abnormality can only register and take examinations at the Abuja headquarters of the Board. The Board will facilitate the travel.
  • Candidates with biometric challenges would sit for the examination in Abuja on the last day of the national examination calendar.

Procedure for registration at the nine foreign centres only is as follows:

Foreign candidates visit www.jamb.gov.ng/efacility

1. create a profile
2. Login to the profile
3. On the menu on the left pane, click on 2023 Foreign UTME/DE registration
4. Go through guided questions until the payment page
5. Make payment using any of the authorised cards
6. Complete the registration directly online

Date and Venue of the 2023 JAMB UTME

The 2023 CBT EXAMINATION will commence on Saturday, April 29 and end on Friday, May 12, 2023. Foreign centres’ UTME is scheduled for Monday, 30th May 2023, at all nine foreign centres.