JAMB has officially released a detailed guideline on the sales of 2022 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) application documents in Nigeria and foreign centres. In this article, we provide a concise and easy to follow procedures on everything related to 2022 JAMB registration.
Create Your Profile
You need to decide on the mobile number you want to use. Whatsoever mobile number you decide to use will be linked to your profile and cannot be changed. Any communication related to your 2022 application will be done via your mobile number. You cannot use a mobile number that has been used by another candidate.
With your mobile number, send a text message of your NIN as follows.
Text:
NIN [Your NIN]
to 55019 OR 66019.
For example, if your NIN happens to be 00123456789, you should use your mobile number to send:
NIN 00123456789
to 55019 OR 66019.
You will receive a 10 character code known as your Profile Code as text message. Keep your profile code.
Buy e-PIN
Present your profile code at the point of procurement of e-PIN from Banks, MMOs, MFBs, Switches or USSD Partners. Pay NGN 4,700 for the e-PIN. The fee covers the registration fee (NGN 3,500), the CBT centre service charge (NGN 700) and the reading text ‘The Life Changer’ (NGN 500). The e-PIN will be sent to you as a text message. A candidate e-PIN is tied to their profile and cannot be transferred to another candidate.
Here are 6 ways you can buy e-PIN.
- Buy from banks including micro finance banks. Walk to any participating bank with your Profile Code. Pay by cash or card. Your e-PIN then gets sent to your phone number linked to your profile. Participating banks include FirstBank, Jaiz, Polaris, Sterling, TAJ, Union and Unity.
- Buy through POS. Walk to any JAMB state office or CBT centre, present your profile code, pay by card via POS and your e-PIN will be sent to your phone number linked to your profile. You can check JAMB accredited centres here.
- Buy from mobile money operators. Provide your Profile Code and pay cash to any CBT Centres or other outlets. Your e-PIN will be delivered as a text message to your phone number linked to your profile. Mobile money operators include Paga, e-Transact, TEASYPay, Packway Projects (Readycash), Xpress payment solutions, Zazzau MFB, Capricorn Digital Ltd, Cloud Interaction Associates, Funds and Electronic Transfer, InterSwitch (Quickteller), Itex Integrated Services, System Specs (Remita), Unified Payment Services (UPS), JAMB Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society, Digital Partners Network, Payvantage, PayCom, Nomiworld, Cottage Assets and Global Accelerex.
- Buy using ATM. Walk to ATM outlets of any participating bank. On the ATM, select Bill Payment and then pick JAMB. Enter your Profile Code and pay. You will receive your e-PIN as text message on your phone number linked to your profile.
- Buy using JAMB online portal. Visit JAMB e-facility website, click on Buy PIN. Enter your profile code and select payment method. Make payment and your e-PIN will be sent to you as text message to your phone number linked to your profile.
- Buying as foreign candidate. The fee for foreign candidates is $ 20. Go to JAMB e-facility, create a profile and log into your profile. On the menu on the left pane, click o 2022 Foreign UTME/DE Registration. Go though the guided questions until the payment page. Make payment using any of the authorised cards. Complete the registration directly online.
Complete Your Registration At CBT Centres
Go to any
JAMB accredited computer-based testing (cbt) centres, JAMB state offices or Professional Registration Centres (PRC) with your
Profile Code and
e-PIN to complete your 2022 JAMB registration. At the cbt centre, all your ten fingers will be captured and your photograph will be physically captured (no pre-captured passport photograph will be taken from you). Once your biometrics have been successfully captured, you will be authorised to print your e-registration slip. Note that your fingerprint will be required whenever you need to perform any transaction with JAMB regarding your profile. Also note that your biometric will be verified on examination day and only those whose biometric verification are successful would be allowed to sit for the UTME. If you have any problems completing your biometrics, the only solution would be to register at JAMB headquarter in Abuja.
The expected registration process at registration centres is as follows:
- Candidates must personally present their profile code and e-PIN at any JAMB registration centres.
- Candidates' biometrics (all ten fingers) and photograph would be captured.
- You are not to pay any fee at the registration centres.
- Provide choice of institutions and programmes (course of study).
- Upload relevant certificates, if not awaiting results.
- Provide O/L and A/L grades, if not awaiting results. Candidates who are awaiting results should supply the results online on JAMB CAPS as soon as they are available.
- For DE candidates, supply registration number from previous institutional certificates.
- Provide UTME subjects and choice of examination town(s) for the actual UTME and for the optional Mock examination.
- Review entries and confirm the correctness of what you have provided.
- Print registration slip using Biometric Authentication.
- Collect, at no other cost, the reading text (The Life Changer), CD (containing JAMB syllabus and brochure) and the e-slip you just printed.
Optionally Register For Mock Examination
JAMB will conduct mock examination in all
accredited CBT centres to prepare and familiarize interested candidates with the CBT environment. Interested candidates are advised to indicate their interest in the mock examination during the registration. Note that not everyone can sit for the mock exam. Only those who register early stand a chance to sit for the mock exam because there is a limit to the number of candidates allowed to sit for the mock. The payment
(NGN 700) for mock examination shall be made to the centre to which the candidate is assigned. The payment is to be made after notification for the examination centre has been received by the candidate.
How To Recover Profile Code, Password And e-PIN
To retrieve a lost Profile Code, send RESEND to 55019 or 66019 using the phone number linked to your profile.
To reset lost or forgotten Profile Password, send as text message PASSWORD [your online profile email address] to 55019 or 66019 using the phone number linked to your profile.
If your e-PIN is lost or not received, send UTMEPIN to 55019 or 66019.
For direct entry (DE) candidate, send DEPIN to 55019 or 66019
Your e-PIN would then be delivered to the phone number linked to your profile.
How To Solve Biometric Challenge
No candidate will be allowed to enter the examination hall or sit for the examination if their biometrics is not verified. So if a candidate is unable to register their biometric in CBT centres, they will be required to do the following:
- Candidates with biometric challenges can only register at JAMB headquarters in Abuja.
- They will also sit for their examination at JAMB headquarters in Abuja.
- The Board will facilitate the travels.
JAMB 2022 Dates And Timelines
- Registration starts on February 19 and ends on March 26, 2022.
- Mock examination takes place on April 09, 2022.
- Actual 2022 UTME starts from May 6 and ends on May 15, 2022.
- The venue of the examination will be any centre in the candidate’s chosen examination town.
- Candidates are advised to register on time before the available spaces in their town of choice are exhausted.
Things To Bring To Exam Centres
- Candidates should come along with their registration slip.
- Candidates would not be allowed to enter into the exam centre with earphones, wristwatches, mobile phone, electronic devices or any pen/biro.
- Common pencils are allowed.
- Examination malpractice is a criminal offence that attracts, in addition to the cancellation of results, publication of names and prosecution of such offenders.
It is very important to mention that you should know the requirement of any course before selecting it. Also, you need to start practicing for 2022 UTME as early as possible to improve on your accuracy and speed. You can easily know the requirement of any course with the JAMB CBT Software by TestDriller. The 2022 JAMB CBT Application contains all you need to smash the 2022 JAMB UTME.
We wish you success in the forthcoming UTME!