JAMB has announced via their Twitter handle that the 2024 change of course has commenced. You are advised to visit any accredited CBT centre for your JAMB change of course. This is a great opportunity for those who have checked their JAMB result but felt their score can’t guarantee them admission into their chosen course.
JAMB change of course and institution is a very great opportunity for students who had a low JAMB score to make a smart decision. Many students haven’t maximized this opportunity presented by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board.
This is the reason why a good number of students found it difficult to secure admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria despite scoring above the official JAMB cut-off mark.
Let’s take a look at the statistics. According to JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, 550,357 of the 1,840,225 candidates who applied for admission into tertiary institutions for the previous academic session were offered admission.
This implies that 1,289,868 which represents 70% were not offered admission even though the JAMB cut-off mark was 120. Some students wouldn’t have fallen into this category of students who weren’t offered admission had it been they were more strategic.
Kindly note that below is the list of data corrections you can make:
- Names Correction: This allows candidates to apply for the correction of names where there are spelling errors or errors in the arrangement, e.g. Surname, Firstname, or Lastname (Correction can only be done once).
- Date of Birth Correction (Correction can only be done once).
- Passport Photograph Correction (Correction can only be done once).
- Gender Correction: Supporting documents may be required. (Correction can only be done once).
- State/LGA Correction: Supporting documents may be required. (Correction can only be done once).
- Profile Correction (Correction can only be done once).
- Choice of Institution/Course Correction: This allows candidates to apply for a change of course or Institution (Correction can only be done three times with separate payments).
Possible Changes
- Changing from Polytechnic As First Choice to University as First Choice
- Changing from University As First Choice to Polytechnic as First Choice
- Changing from One University As the First Choice to Another University as the First Choice
- Changing from University As First Choice to University as Second Choice then Polytechnic as First Choice
Apart from making corrections to your details (Names, Date of Birth, Gender, and State/LGA of Origin), the following people need to change their course and institution:
- If you have a low JAMB score for the institution you choose. For example, if you choose one of the competitive universities like OAU, UI, UNIBEN, UNILAG, UNN and you score less than 200, it is time you consider changing your institution to a less competitive University.
- Those who made mistakes in the choice of course or institution when filling JAMB form
- If you choose one of the competitive courses like Medicine, Law, Elect/elect, Economics, computer science, etc. and you score below 200 or a little above 200 (from 200 to 205), you should consider changing your course to a less competitive course
Note:
You should look at your choice university and course of your choice and weigh them with your JAMB score, if the result is negative, consider changing your course and institution to a less competitive course and school.
Jamb will announce the sale of the change of institution/course form before you can start to make use of the portal. Also, the closing date of the JAMB change of course and institution form will be made known to the public before the portal closes.
How to go about It
- Go to JAMB change of course and institution portal at https://www.jamb.gov.ng/Efacility
- Login with your Email and Password
- Click on ‘Registration (2024)’ from the list of services on the left side
- From the drop-down; select ‘2024 UTME data correction’ to correct i.e. Course/Institution, Names, Date of Birth, Gender, and State/LGA of Origin
- Proceed to payment
JAMB change of institution and course form is sold for three thousand five hundred naira only (N3,500)
