UPDATE: JAMB Change of Institution & Course Form 2017 is Out Online @ www.jamb.org.ng
Latest JAMB Updates on Change of Course/Institution: First and foremost, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have enabled the portal for JAMB 2017 Change of Course or Institution Form.
Furthermore, this process is to enable candidates’ effect the needed changes in their earlier selected course and/or institution.
JAMBito Latest Info: As a matter of fact, every candidate is advised not to apply for change of institution and change of course to institution that have already done their post UTME examination in any federal or state university in Nigeria.Note that this includes Polytechnics.
JAMB Change of Institution/Course – Why Must Some Candidates Apply Here?
Generally speaking, there are presently obviously three good reasons why a candidate may need to change his/her jamb choice of course or institution or both:
Result Came Out, But Low JAMB score:
In the light of this, immediately after the release of Jamb results, the next thing to face is admission screening exercise and admissions. For this reason, take for example that someone applied for a federal university of technology, Minna who will probably fix a cut-off mark of 200 and above; if such candidate scored less than 180 or 200, it simply means he/she has lost the admission. From here on, in this case the change of institution to a state-owned/private University becomes necessary. State universities generally fix cut-off marks below 200 (two hundred).
Incomplete O’level Results (WAEC, NECO, GCE, NABTEB)
Another thing that worries students mostly is D7 and E8 in some subjects. That being said in this case, candidates who may have ran into deficiency of required credit passes in some key/relevant subjects may decide to go for change of course to accommodate themselves.
Errors/Mistakes during JAMB Online Registration
mistakes do happen knowingly or unknowingly. Now the question is; was there a mistake while filling your registration by either you or the business/cyber cafe? In short, with this help, you can now correct any errors made during registration of your course or institution.
Several Other Challenges (ONline/OFFline)
In the long run, these includes several factors ranging from finance, change in Geographical locations, Parent’s suggestions, Fear of Tribal differences, etc. Such cases treated under this heading result to change of institution Accordingly.
Equally important: In the light of this. Change of course and institution can only be done once and you can only change to a course relating to your UTME Subject combination. On the other hand, to know if the course you want to change to aligns with your UTME subject combination, visit our online JAMB brochure by Clicking Here
How to Apply for JAMB Change of Course/Institution
- First of all, Go to JAMB Offices/certified registration centre to get the change of course/institution scratch card which goes for N2,500 (two thousand five hundred naira only)
- Now, After you have purchased the JAMB Change of Course/Institution scratch card, proceed to http://www.jamb.org.ng/ effect the changes.
- Finally, you will however pay N500 for the change and printing. So the total cost to effect a change of institution/course is N3, 000.
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JAMB Change of Course Closing Date: Not yet available
In conclusion, Closing Date is NOT currently applicable online. Details coming shortly.