BREAKING: JAMB Direct Entry closes on September 15

- JAMB has announced that the registration
portal for the direct entry form closes on
September 15
- The head of media and information of the
board also said there might be no
postponement
- In addition, candidates were advised to
upload their 'O' level results in the new
portal
Dr Fabian Benjamin, the head of media
and information of the Joint Admission
and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has
announced that the Direct Entry e-
Registration portal will be closed on
September 15.
This was announced on Friday,
September 8, in an interview with
newsmen in Abuja. He was also quoted
as saying that there might be no
postponement of the deadline.

According to NAN, Dr Benjamin also
advised JAMB candidates to re-upload
their ‘O’ level results in the new portal as
the previous portal did not allow for the
capturing of candidates level of grades.
He added that candidates should use the
approved Computer Based Test (CBT)
Centres for the exercise.
Interestingly, the new portal has
provided a platform for the detailed
category of the West African
Examination Result (WAEC) of candidates
for proper placement.

He said: “The first platform that was used
for the exercise does not create room for
the capturing of the levels of grade such as
C4, C5, C6, B1, B2, B3 and A1.

"You know in some schools, all these ‘O’
level grades are being considered. For
example, if you have B1 and another one
has B3 and there is no room for
separation in the platform schools may
not be able to ascertain the level of grades
some schools will consider the O’ level
grades.
“And the first platform just stated A, B, C,
so with this new platform, there will be
room for the download of the level of
grades. Somebody who has B1 will stand
a better chance than the person with B3.

“So, we use this new platform to capture
all those detailed categories of WAEC
result so that no grade of result will be left
uploaded.’’

Meanwhile, when speaking on the JAMB
process, Dr Fabian Benjamin, explained
that students could only secure
admission after they might have passed
through the rudiments of admission
processes.

He had said: “We have come up with the
Central Admission Processing System
(CAPS) this year. This entails that once
candidates are admitted and the
institution approves, then JAMB will
approve. The information about the
candidates will be keyed into CAPS
automatically.
“Candidates can monitor their admission
process through CAPS online and those
who want to get admission letter can do
so by printing such online.’’