2016 Jamb Registration Commences

This is to inform the general public especially the prospective candidates that the jamb registration for 2015/2016 is on. This was announced by  Dr Fabian Benjamin in a press released on 20th of July 2015 in Lagos.

Though the sale of form will not start until 31st of August, 2015, so if you have all the requirements to proceed to higher institution in Nigeria, you can go to any of the approved centres near you for registration.

Click here to see the jamb/utme registration centre around you

How Much Does Jamb Registration Cost?

The jamb registration for 2016 costs N5500 and can be obtained from any Zenith Banks nationwide. There are some approved centres that sell jamb registration card. You can go to any of these centres to get the registration card and register as well.

Jamb official registration fee is N700 and you are allow to file a complaint if you are charged above that price.

If you are within Suleja in Niger State, you can go to Bishop James Yisa Memorial School Jamb Registration Centre for both purchase of card and registration.

Jamb Registration Requirement

Apart from Jamb registration card, you need the following for your registration:

• 1 recent passport photograph (not older than 3 months)
• O level result which can be any or combination of the WAEC, NECO or NABTEB in not more than two sittings.
• During the jamb registration you will be requested to supply the following basic information:
  • Your name (Surname, Other name and First Name)
  • Your state of origin and local government area.
  • Valid and functioning phone number to use to send your result.
  • Email address which will be used to send your jamb registration details.
  • Your finger biometric capturing is also compulsory hence your physical presence is needed.

Besides these basic info, you will be allowed to select 5 different institutions as follows:

• Most Prefer Institution: This is your first choice and can be any of university, polytechnic or college of education. But in most cases, candidates prefer to choose university as the most prefer institution. If your most prefer school is Poly or NCE, you can choose it.

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• More Prefer Institution: This is the second choice of degree awarding institution. This came as a result of outcry jamb received from parents and candidates during 2015 institution placement exercise when of jamb sent candidates to schools different from the ones they filled during jamb registration. To avoid such occurrences again, jamb now introduced this more prefer institution. If you cannot secure an admission in your most prefer school, jamb can send you to your prefer institution.

Click here for list of prefer institutions

• Prefer Institution:If your Most prefer school is a university, you can choose from poly or NCE as your prefer one. Candidate prefer polytechnic as prefer institution
• Fourth Choice: Here you choose any college of education as your fourth choice. Even if you don’t want to go, you just have to choose one.
• Vocational Centres: These are the centers where jamb might give you admission in the event that you could not make it to any of the first three institutions I mentioned.

Click here to see list of Vocational centres

State and Local Government of Exams: During jamb registration, JAMB wants you to choose a state and local government where you want to write your exams. You can choose any state and local government you want. For example you can do your registration in Lagos and choose PH as your centre.

You will not get your exams centre and sit number immediately after jamb registration, you are asked to re-print your slip at a given date to know your date of exams, the time and your sit number.

That is all that is required for jamb registration.

Since 2015, jamb has introduced the use of Computer Based Test (CBT), it is therefore necessary that you practice jamb cbt exams so that your jamb registration will be a success.

So register for a trial version of jamb cbt practice here.