Without Printing JAMB Result, Can I Change Institution/Course?

Starting from the 2024 admission year, JAMB no longer allows candidates to print their UTME results directly from their portals, restricting them to checking via USSD or SMS options. Despite this, the inability to print results does not hinder candidates from proceeding with changing institutions or courses. These processes are separate, and candidates can initiate changes at any JAMB CBT center or office once they've made the necessary payments on their JAMB portal and have access to their JAMB profile and O'level results uploaded.

Some students have been waiting for JAMB to release results, especially the online version, so they can print them before proceeding to the JAMB CBT center for changes of institutions and/or courses. This is because the popular opinion is that the printing of JAMB results should come first before candidates can change their institutions and courses.

In this post, I will answer this question and shed more light on it.

Don't Expect Result Printing, Anyway

Well, JAMB is not even allowing students to print results online anymore. As of the 2024 admission year, JAMB has insisted that candidates wouldn't be able to print their UTME results directly from their portals, thereby limiting students to only the USSD or SMS option of checking their JAMB results. So, if you're waiting for such a ban to be lifted before you can change institutions and courses, you may have to wait forever.

You Can Change Institutions and Courses Norhtwistanding

The good news is that the inability to print the JAMB result doesn't have any direct effect on your ability to proceed with the change of institutions and courses. They are separate processes. The changes in institutions and courses had already started before you wrote JAMB, except you didn’t know. Therefore, the yet-to-be-released results or inability to print the results or even check the results using the USSD or SMS doesn't stop you from making changes to your institutions and courses. You can proceed to any CBT center or JAMB office for these corrections as soon as you're ready.

It's important to note that individual candidates can't effect the changes themselves. However, you can make payment for the changes on your JAMB portal before going to make the changes at the CBT center. You can leave the payment and the changes to the centers if you prefer.

Yes, you can change your institution without printing your JAMB result. The JAMB portal allows candidates to make changes to their institution and course choices online. You will need to log in to your JAMB profile on the JAMB e-facility portal and follow the steps for the change of institution/course. Ensure you have the following:

1. Access to your JAMB profile: Log in using your email and password.
2. O'level results: Make sure your O'level results are uploaded.
3. Payment for the change: There is a fee for making changes, which you can pay online.
4. The new institution’s requirements: Make sure you meet the requirements for the institution and course you want to change to.

Here are the steps to change your institution/course on the JAMB portal (to be done by the CBT center):

1. Visit the JAMB e-Facility portal.
2. Log in with your email address and password.
3. Click on 'Correction of Data'.
4. Select 'Course/Institution'.
5. Make the payment online and complete the process.
6. Follow the prompts to make the necessary changes.
7. After completing the process, it's advisable to print out the acknowledgment slip for your records.