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Jamb Information | The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has activated the change of institution and course process for candidates who sat for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

According to JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin, in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle, candidates who sat for the 2026 UTME can print their original result slips from Monday.

The board advised candidates seeking to switch their institution or programme of choice to visit any accredited Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre to process the changes.

Benjamin tweeted: “Candidates wishing to change their institution or programme of choice may now proceed to do so by visiting any of the Board’s approved CBT centres. Applicants are advised to visit any accredited CBT centre to effect the changes. Furthermore, the printing of the original 2026 UTME result slip will commence on Monday, 18th May, 2026.”

Meanwhile, TVC News Online reports that JAMB and heads of tertiary institutions have approved 150 as the minimum admission benchmark for universities for the 2026 admission exercise.

Jamb Information | Roads can wait. Buildings can wait. Airports can wait. Education cannot.

The road we fail to build today can still be built tomorrow. The airport that was delayed this year may still serve future generations. But the child pushed out of school by policy failure is often lost forever.

Every year, one of Nigeria's roughly 15 million out-of-school children loses a narrow window that may never reopen. When reforms eventually come, they benefit a different cohort, not the child already left behind.

National Stakeholders Meeting on the National Education Data Infrastructure, led by the Honourable Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, struck me as profoundly consequential. In many ways, it may become one of the most important national infrastructure projects Nigeria has undertaken in recent years.

Data from all states were available on the portal, from school enrollment to the state of physical infrastructure to the student-teacher ratio. A mind-boggling quantum of data, made easy to understand, compare, and drive policy.

The Nigeria Education Management Information System, designed by Ernst & Young, the company that developed a similar system in India, is a national treasure: robust yet simple.

Sitting in that room, I watched evidence do what argument alone often cannot. Two figures stayed with me.

The first was the gap between primary school enrolment and junior secondary enrolment. The drop is so wide that I found myself asking the obvious question: what happened to those children?

Where did they go between Primary Six and JSS One? A generation appears to thin out between those two rungs, and we owe ourselves an honest answer.

The second was the composition of JAMB candidates: fresh entrants versus repeat candidates. The ratio revealed an admission bottleneck I had not fully grasped.

Too many qualified young Nigerians are queuing behind the same narrow gate, year after year. Suddenly, the Minister's policy direction on easing admission bottlenecks, which I had instinctively questioned, began to make sense to me.

That is the power of credible, real-time data. It does not merely inform policy; it humbles assumptions.

I am grateful to be contributing my own quota through the Nigeria Research and Education Network (NgREN). We have committed to delivering connectivity and digital services to tertiary institutions this year, and to extending similar infrastructure to secondary schools in 2027.

What is happening in education may not yet dominate the headlines, but something important is taking shape quietly beneath the surface. Evidence is beginning to replace assertion. Data is starting to shape decisions.

The question on my mind:

If evidence can transform education governance, when will the rest of the government follow?

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Jamb Information | The result slip carries the candidate’s passport photograph, full scores, and details required for admission processing.

Once activated, candidates should follow the steps below.

Visit efacility.jamb.gov.ng.

Log in with your registered email address and password.

On your dashboard, click Print Result Slip.
Click Continue with Payment and pay the ₦1,500 fee.

Select 2026 as the examination year and enter your JAMB registration number.

Download and print the result slip.

| And Welcome to Jamb Information | The extension of 2026 direct entry, according to the board, is part of efforts to ensure that no prospective DE candidate is denied access to tertiary education opportunities in the country.

Jamb Information | If you’re in the category of Candidates panicking and asking me this 👇👇👇

👉 “My score is low”
👉 “Federal universities won’t accept me”
👉 “State universities are too expensive”
👉 “College of Nursing fees are high”

HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) is now available to support Nigerian students.

✅ You can apply for a student loan
✅ It covers tuition fees
✅ You can also get monthly upkeep support
✅ You don’t need to be rich or have connections

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⚠️ REALITY CHECK

If your score is below 200:

👉 Your chances in top federal universities are very low
👉 Waiting or rewriting without a strategy can waste your year

But…

🎯 State universities
🎯 Colleges of Nursing
🎯 Health-related institutions
Are giving MANY students admission right now.

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