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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JAMB REGULARIZATION

JAMB regularization has been an issue for many students, especially polytechnic and college of education graduates who were admitted outside Jamb caps. This article will provide answers to all problems regarding Jamb regularization.

What Is Jamb Regularization?

Jamb regularization means to make your admission official, that is, the reconciliation of your ND/HND/NCE admission with your institution and Jamb. In other words, “Jamb regularization” means late registration or late application, usually for students who were admitted outside Jamb caps. It is also known as “Application for Late Registration” or “Condonement of Illegal Admission.” If you were offered admission through a part-time, evening, or weekend program, there are chances that your institution admitted you without Jamb’s knowledge and approval since all admissions are supposed to be through Jamb. So you need to do JAMB regularization for JAMB to recognize your admission.

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How Important Is Jamb Regularization?

Jamb regularization is done for you to have a registration number and admission letter, which are very important for direct entry admission and NYSC. Students who have no Jamb registration number will not be mobilized for NYSC after their HND program. Moreso, without this registration number, students will not be able to further their education at the university after their ND, NCE, or HND programs, and HND graduates will not be mobilized for NYSC if they didn’t regularize their admission. This issue has delayed many graduates from applying for NYSC. So it is important that you regularize your admission as soon as possible if you were not admitted through Jamb Caps.

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Who Are Those That Need JAMB Regularization?

Students who were admitted outside Jamb are those who need to regularize their admission. That is, daily part-time, part-time, and evening students. This happens in two cases:

CASE1: If you were admitted as a part-time student who did not write UTME to secure admission, you don’t even have a registration number.

CASE2: You wrote the UTME and got admission, but your school didn’t upload your admission on Jamb Caps or inform Jamb about your admission even though you have a registration number.

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Do I need Jamb regularization if I studied a full-time program?

No, if you studied your course under the full-time program, that means you were admitted through JAMB, and you are supposed to have a JAMB registration number and admission letter. So you don’t need to do Jamb regularization.

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What Is The Deadline For Jamb Regularization?

There is no deadline for Jamb regularization; it can be done at any time, but if I were you, I would get it done as soon as possible, perhaps after your ND/NCE program or during the first year of your HND program. This is because the process sometimes takes a while to be approved or rectified.

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How do I know if I need Jamb regularization?

There are two steps involved in determining whether you need to regularize your admission. The first step is for those who wrote the UTME and have a Jamb registration number, while the second step is for those students who didn’t write UTME at all.

If you have a Jamb registration number, you can check if you need to regularize your admission by following these steps:

1. Visit www.jamb.org.ng

2. Click on the year you wrote your JMB (e.g., 2012).

3. Click on “Check Admission Status.”

4. Enter your Jamb number and click enter.

If you get a message showing your details like school, passport, and the course you studied in ND, NCE, or HND, then you don’t need Jamb regularization, but if you get a message like “Sorry, no admission is given yet,” then you need to regularize your admission as soon as possible.

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I Didn’t Sit for JAMB.

If you didn’t write the UTME at all or you can’t remember your registration number, you will need to visit the JMB office for regularization.

NOTE: All regularization issues are handled at the Jamb office and not at CBT centers or cybercafés.

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How Much Is The Jamb Regularization Fee Now?

If you already have a Jamb registration number (the reg number assigned to you during your UTME registration), it will cost you #10,000 to regularize your admission at the Jamb office, but if you don’t have a registration number or you never wrote the UTME at all, it will cost you #15,000 and even more to regularize your admission.

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How Long Does It Take for Jamb to Approve My Regularization?

It takes a maximum of 3–4 months to get your registration approved, and in some cases, just a few weeks depending on how fast your school is to process it. You will receive your registration number from Jamb through the email you submitted during your registration after it has been approved.

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Do I need to do Jamb regularization if I obtained part-time form through JAMB?

No, the students who have Jamb regularization problems are mostly those who got admission outside Jamb. Everything has changed now. Before you can obtain a PT form now, you will be required to create a profile with JAMB in order to print your admission letter. So, if you have done this and you have “JAMB ADMISSION LETTER,” you don’t need Jamb regularization again. However, if you obtained a PT, DPT, RPT, or Weekend PT form and your school didn’t instruct you to create a profile for admission with JAMB, you would have to regularize your admission in the future, probably after your ND, NCE, or HND program.

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Requirements For Jamb Regularization?

O’Level results, name of your school, year of admission, year you sat for JAMB, course of study (department), Your school’s rector and registrar’s name, etc.

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Any Rectification for Mistakes?

You must be very careful when filling out the form because any mistake made after your registration has been approved cannot be rectified, and if possible, you would have to wait another few months to get it rectified. So make sure you cross-check every piece of information you provide before submission.

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HOW TO GET JAMB REGULARIZATION DONE.

Since Jamb has stopped cafes from carrying out the registration, you may have to visit the Jamb office yourself to get your admission regularized. To get your application approved quickly, please follow the following procedures:

1. Visit any nearby JAMB office close to you.

2. You will be required to book an appointment. That is, Jamb will give you a day and time for you to come for your late registration (regularization). You will be given a slip that contains the date and time to come for your regularization.

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3. Take along every document: admission letter from your school, your Jamb result (if you still have it), your O’Level results, etc., and get there as early as possible.

4. Jamb officials will attend to you and fill out your application for you right before you while you watch the information supplied on their monitor. They will request your biodata and enter it into their system as you tell them.

5. Focus your attention on the monitor and watch as they input every piece of information you supply them to ensure it is all correct. Although they will still ask you to confirm before final submission,

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6. You will be requested to make payment for your late registration online to Jamb account through Remita. ( It costs #8,000, #10,000 or #15,000 depending on your application status)

7. After making all necessary payments and submitting the necessary credentials, your application will be submitted and a slip will be generated for you.

8. You will take the registration slip to your school and submit it to the registrar’s office.

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9. Your school will complete the other process. Sometimes it takes about 3 months for your school to confirm your application to JAMB.

10. Your registration number will be sent to you via email, and now you will be able to login to the JAMB portal to see your application and profile, and you will also be able to print your admission letter.

After your registration has been approved, you will be able to print your Jamb admission letter and can now proceed with your direct entry and NYSC mobilization registration.

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