Requirement for Jamb Registration for 2017

Many prospective candidates have being yearning for news about  requirement for jamb registration for  this year jamb registration exercise.

A meeting between the New Registrar of Jamb Prof. Is-Haq O. Oloyede and the committee of Rector was held on 24th November 2016 at NBTE Centre of Excellence 9, Kajuru Close, Off Degel Road, Angwa Rimi, Kaduna State.

Some of the resolutions reached concerning the requirement for jamb registration include:

1. Stopage of Scratch Card: The use of Scratch Cards has been discontinued for the following reasons:
   Prone to fraudulent practices,
   Archaic,
   accountability (zero).
2. Payment Option: The following channels will be made available:
   i. Web Payment: ATM issued cards  (Visa, Verve and Master card)
   i. Online Quick Teller
   ii. ATM Payment
   iii. Quick Teller Mobile Application
   iv. Bank Branch (CASH / CARD)
3. 
4. Option Provided for Registration: Four (4) options are available to a candidate who wishes to register:
   1. A mobile app will be created for a candidate to download for his/her registration and payment after which he/she goes to the Registration Centre for biometrics capturing only.
   2. All systems at the Registration centre will be enabled for candidates who wish to go to the centre to register by themselves using the Registration Centre Systems, pay with card and then go for biometric capturing.
   3. An operator at the Registration Centre assists the candidate with entering his/her data for registration, then goes to the bank to pay and capturing of his/her biometrics.
   4. A bank official from a bank selected by the Registration Centre will be available to accept payment from candidates with cash. He does the registration, receive the cash and the candidate goes for capturing of biometric.

Other requirement for jamb registration are. . .

Items Required by Candidates for Registration

i. Details of O’ Level result where it is available or O’ Level subjects expected in the case of those awaiting results.
ii. Personal details of the candidate.
iii. Choice of Institutions, Courses and town of examination the candidate has opted for.

Correction of Data by Candidates

Candidates will be emphatically informed to guard their registration numbers jealously as registration numbers are personal  and security items to candidates. Any candidate who compromises his registration number, does so at his/her own risk.

Any candidate who wishes to correct his/her data (e.g. age, date of birth, state of origin, sex, name etc.) after completing his registration and submitting will have to go through the following process:
i. Payment of administration fee
ii. Give reason for the correction online and NOT coming to the Board’s Headquarters
iii. Wait for clearance to be given before the correction can be made by the candidate online

Registration at the Computer Based Test Centres

All candidates who wish to do their registration at a registration centre should be assisted as follows:
i. The centre should provide systems for candidates who wish to do their registration by themselves
ii. The Computer Based Test Centre should have technical staff who will assist candidates who need help.

iii. Assist candidates who wish to complete payments with their cards.
iv. Collect not more than Seven Hundred Naira (N700) from both Candidates who do only biometric capture and those who do full registration at the Registration Centres.

Provision of Brochure to Candidates

In order to minimize errors during registration by candidates and also to ensure that candidates have ready access to the  brochure needed for registration, the brochure will be provided in three (3) modes which are:

i. The brochure will be on the JAMB portal. As soon as a candidate creates his/her profile on the JAMB portal, there will be a link that will take him/her straight to the brochure. He/she is to confirm reading the brochure for continuation of registration
ii. As soon as the candidate creates his profile, an electronic copy of the brochure will be automatically sent to his/her e-mail which he/she has provided.

iii. A CD of the brochure and Syllabus will be given to him/her at the biometric capturing site.
At the point of capturing the biometrics, there must be an evidence that the candidate collected the brochure CD and  recommended book.

How Much Does it Cost?

1. JAMB Form payment N5,000
2. CBT Centre service fee N700
3. JAMB Mandatory Textbook N500

Note: All payable monies are to be paid at the CBT Registration centre by the bank official. Don’t give anybody any money.

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