JAMB Sets November 30 Deadline for Outstanding 2021–2025 Admission Offers

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has fixed November 30, 2026, as the final deadline for candidates with outstanding admission offers from the 2021 to 2025 admission exercises to accept or reject the offers.

 

The Board warned that candidates who fail to act before the deadline risk having the outstanding offers reverted to “Not Admitted” on JAMB’s records.

 

The extension followed a temporary disruption of the Central Admissions Processing System, CAPS, which was unavailable for about 96 hours and prevented some candidates from accessing their admission records.

 

JAMB had earlier set September 30, 2026, as the deadline but approved the additional two months to ensure candidates affected by the CAPS disruption were not disadvantaged.

 

In a statement signed by Fabian Benjamin, Acting Director, Public Affairs and Protocol, JAMB said November 30 would be the final deadline for candidates to indicate whether they wished to accept or reject outstanding admissions from the 2021–2025 admission exercises.

 

The Board warned that any subsequent request to alter such admission records would attract the applicable penalty fee.

 

JAMB particularly urged candidates whose admissions were not reflected on the matriculation list to regularise their records, noting that failure to do so could affect access to benefits associated with properly documented admissions, including participation in the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, scheme.

 

According to the Board, candidates who accept their outstanding offers will be able to print their admission letters, while those who reject them will have their dashboards reverted to “Not Admitted.”

 

JAMB also clarified that candidates who were no longer studying at institutions where they had previously been offered admission could accept the outstanding offer and subsequently apply for the appropriate correction or deletion of the previous admission, where applicable.

 

Candidates currently pursuing a second degree but carrying an unaccepted admission offer from an earlier exercise could also reject the old offer and continue with their current programme.

 

The Board further said candidates offered admission in the 2026 admission exercise but who still had outstanding offers from previous years could reject the earlier offer without affecting their 2026 admission.

 

JAMB said the extension would provide affected candidates with a final opportunity to indicate their decisions while enabling the Board to update the national admission database.

 

It therefore urged all affected candidates to take action before the deadline.

 

The Board reiterated that outstanding 2021–2025 admission offers that remained neither accepted nor rejected by November 30 would automatically revert to “Not Admitted” status.

 

“Failure to accept an admission offer within the stipulated period may render the offer invalid,” the Board warned.