JAMB moves O’Level upload online, ends CBT centre visits

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has introduced an online system allowing candidates seeking admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions through the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, to verify and upload their O’Level results from home.

The new service, which initially covers results issued by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, is expected to reduce candidates’ dependence on Computer-Based Test, CBT, centres for O’Level result uploads, particularly during periods of high patronage.

Under the arrangement, JAMB will electronically verify candidates’ results directly with the relevant examination bodies before the results are uploaded to their profiles.

Under the arrangement, JAMB will electronically verify candidates’ results directly with the relevant examination bodies before the results are uploaded to their profiles.

The Board, in a statement on Monday by its Acting Director, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said the initiative was designed to make its services easier, faster, safer and more convenient while eliminating challenges associated with the traditional manual upload process.

According to JAMB, the system will also address cases involving misplaced or mixed-up paper certificates, submission of unverified or fraudulent results, as well as errors in the manual entry of subjects and grades.

The Board said the innovation formed part of its renewed customer-focused service delivery agenda under its sixth Registrar, Prof. Segun Aina, with technology being deployed to reduce unnecessary physical visits, queues and paperwork.