How to check school admission status on JAMB CAPS: Would you like to use the joint admissions and matriculation board portal (JAMB) to confirm whether you have been offered admission to a university/college/technical college/university of your choice? If so, see the process below to confirm your admission status on JAMB.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has activated a portal, where direct entry and UTME applicants can now check and confirm their admission status for all years. Checking the JAMB Portal Acceptance Status is completely FREE!
How to check school admission status on JAMB CAPS 20204/2025
If you don’t have a JAMB account yet (especially applicants from 2016), you will need to create one to verify your admission status.
If you already have a JAMB account, follow the five (5) simple steps outlined below to check your admission status on the JAMB portal:
STEP 1: Open the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) e-facility portal: portal.jamb.gov.ng/efacility.
STEP 2: Log in to your Jamb account with your username and password.
STEP 3: Once you have successfully logged in, scroll down and find the “Check admission Status” tab and click on it.
STEP 4: Select the exam year and enter your registration number in the required field.
STEP 5: Finally, click the Check admission Status button to access the JAMB admission Status.
Below is a list of the responses you will receive from JAMB and what they mean:
- GREETINGS : WE HAVE ASSISTMED YOU WITH PROVISIONAL ADMISSION. You can now proceed to accept or reject the admission offer.
- ENTRY IN PROGRESS: This means you have been recommended for admission and are only undergoing processing. With admission in progress, consider yourself admitted. Just keep checking back and see the notification change to congratulations, you have been admitted.
- REJECTED: This response simply means you are yet to be considered for admission. Regularly check the JAMB site to see if any changes occur.
The next step for applicants who are accepted on the JAMB portal
Successful candidates are recommended:
- Log in to your JAMB Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) and ACCEPT or REJECT your admission offer.
- Print the JAMB admission letter after accepting it. This is required during final clearance and registration.
- Print the official JAMB result slip (which has the passport photo attached to it).
- If you are offered a different course than the one you originally applied for, submit an application for a change of course using the JAMB portal.
Why you can’t see admission offer on your JAMB CAPS
If you can’t see an admission offer on your JAMB CAPS, don’t panic yet. Some factors can cause it, but relax, I’m going to highlight a few below.
- Admission has not yet commenced
- An offer has come your way to take a new course of study. You won’t be allowed entry if you decline the offer.
- You chose the wrong subject combination in JAMB.
- Your O Level result does not qualify for admission
- Your course of choice is too competitive. This means that a lot of candidates have been offered admission into your selected course and the quota is already full.
- JAMB CAPS functions randomly, it takes a while for some candidates to see an admission offer.
- You are totally not eligible for admission.
- Low JAMB Score.
- You are not in the catchment area.
I hope you have the best of luck because you are aware of the JAMB CAPS PORTAL, how to check the status of your school acceptance, and what to do after accepting admission.
