To stay up-to-date on the admission process, each candidate is expected to be familiar with the Jamb CAPS portal.
It is one thing to go through with the UTME and it’s another to know exactly how to follow up on your admissions.
So, in this article, we will help you navigate through the portal with ease using the easy-to-follow steps we will share with you, as the 2023/2024 Jamb CAPS admissions process is available.
What is JAMB CAPS?
The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been in charge of conducting matriculation examinations for intending undergraduates since 1989.
The board has also been in charge of placing students in tertiary institutions they qualified for, allocating examiners, moderators, and so on but, recently, to provide more quality services, the board created a central admissions processing system (CAPS).
CAPS is an automated system that has been put in place to make all the manual exercises easier and make both candidates and schools have a smoother admissions process. Candidates no longer have to wait for schools to come up with lists of successful candidates before knowing their fate.
How is JAMB CAPS useful?
The following are some of the things the CAPS platform can be used for
1. To have access to one’s admission status.
2. To choose between accepting and rejecting admissions.
3. For easy upload of credentials such as O-level results.
4. Verification of Waec/Neco results.
5. To confirm admission offers.
6. Make available a platform for schools to choose candidates.
Creating a profile on JAMB CAPS
First off you have to be a registered candidate and to be a registered candidate you have to;
1. Have access to the internet via a phone, laptop or desktop.
2. Visit the official Jamb website at https://efacility.jamb.gov.ng/login
3. Click on Create an account.
4. Fill in your details.
· Input your email and a confirmation email.
· Input and confirm your phone number.
5. Pick a security question, pick a question that is easy to recall.
6. Type in and confirm the answer to your secret question.
7. Verify your email with the link that will be sent to you.
8. Enter your data.
9. Sign-up.
You’ll get a confirmatory message that confirms your account creation success. After that, you can proceed to log in to view your 2024 JAMB profile on your dashboard. There will be a welcome message on your screen with your Registration code and your full name.
JAMB CAPS dashboard login
After creating an account, it’s best to try logging in to see if everything went on smoothly. Here is how to do so;
1. Get internet access through your laptop, desktop, or mobile device.
2. Using Chrome, visit https://efacility.jamb.gov.ng/login
3. Input your email and password.
4. Click login and you should be directed to your dashboard.
How to accept or decline an admission on JAMB CAPS
There are cases where due to the Jamb score you have, you may be offered admission to an institution that you do not want. The good news is that you can reject the admission without any penalty, you just need to follow the steps below;
1. Get internet access.
2. Visit the JAMB e-facility using the Chrome browser.
3. Put in your email and password as required and click the login button.
4. Look through the page for the “check Admission Status” button and click on it.
5. Choose the year you wrote your exam.
6. Put in your JAMB Registration number in the space provided.
7. Click on “Access my CAPS”.
8. Check the left corner and click on the “Admission Status” button.
9. Under your Registration number, click on the search tab to open your profile.
10. Now under “Admission Profile”, you can choose to accept or reject your admission.
NOTE: it is important to go through things properly. After checking your admission status, if you have been awarded admission, you must log in and accept or reject the admission. If you accept the admission, it will be wise to print your letter of admission as evidence to the institution during the screening exercise.
Common admission offers messages
After following the easy steps above, there are certain messages that you may find on your dashboard such as admitted, recommended, not admitted, and admission in progress.
When the message “Recommended” pops up on your screen, it simply means that you have probably been offered admission elsewhere other than your school of choice.
Admission in progress is simply trying to tell you that you have to exercise patience and visit the site much later. Your schools of choice could still be computing the names of the admitted candidates and have not displayed them on the site yet.
The “Not Admitted” message is very clear to understand as it simply means NO school has offered you admission, probably because your Jamb score was too poor or thereabout.
If “Admitted” pops up, I guess Congratulations are in order as you have not only passed the examination but have also been offered admission into the school of your choice.
Going through the easy steps we have provided will have you navigating through your JAMB CAPS dashboard confidently in no time. Best of luck!
