JAMB shuts door on direct 100-Level, 200-level admissions into Colleges of Education

<img width="1000" height="600" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/JAMB-2-scaled-1.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/JAMB-2-scaled-1.jpg 1000w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/JAMB-2-scaled-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/JAMB-2-scaled-1-590x354.jpg 590w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/JAMB-2-scaled-1-400x240.jpg 400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /> <p>The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced new admission guidelines for candidates seeking admission into Colleges of Education and agric-related National Diploma programmes, introducing major changes that will take effect from the 2026/2027 academic session.</p> <p>The development was contained in an advisory issued by the Office of the Registrar of JAMB and published in June 2026.</p> <p>According to the guidelines, admission into Colleges of Education will now be strictly through the Nigeria Certificate in Education, NCE route, as direct admission into 100-level and 200-level programmes has been discontinued.</p> <p>The document sent to journalists by the Director of Communications, Fabian Benjamin, stated, “With effect from 2026/7 Session, no admission into 100 or 200 Level is allowed into any College of Education. All entrants are through NCE.”</p> <p>The board also stated that applicants would not be allowed to process multiple admission routes simultaneously.</p> <p>“Candidates would be processed for only one mode of entry at a time.”</p> <p>JAMB also announced that admissions into affiliated programmes in Colleges of Education will no longer be allowed from the 2026/2027 academic session.</p> <p>“No admission into any affiliated programme in any College of Education from 2026/7 Session,” the document added.</p> <p>The board explained that candidates applying through the NCE mode must undergo O’Level result verification through the relevant examination bodies, including WAEC, NECO, NABTEB and NBAIS, before completing registration.</p> <p>According to the guidelines, candidates will pay N1,500 for verification of one sitting and N2,000 for verification of two sittings.</p> <p>JAMB further stated that candidates must select only Colleges of Education as their first, second and third choices during registration under the NCE admission process.</p> <p>The board disclosed that all 2026 UTME applicants who selected Colleges of Education would automatically be migrated to their chosen first-choice College of Education or agric-related non-technology ND programmes.</p> <p>The guidelines also provide a pathway for candidates who were admitted into Colleges of Education in the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 academic sessions without proper JAMB processing.</p> <p>Existing 2026 candidates affected by affiliated programmes were given options such as transfer to parent universities or a change of institution.</p> <p>According to JAMB, such candidates will undergo a condonement process after obtaining O’Level verification codes and completing registration through approved centres.</p> <p>For Direct Entry candidates who selected affiliated Colleges of Education for degree programmes in 2026, the board stated that they may either apply for a change of institution, transfer to the parent university of the affiliated programme, or retain another available option provided under the new policy.</p> <p>JAMB added that affected UTME candidates seeking admission into affiliated Colleges of Education degree programmes may also change institutions, switch to second-choice institutions or migrate to NCE programmes.</p> <p>The board said the new measures are aimed at ensuring proper admission processing, verification of qualifications and compliance with established admission procedures across Colleges of Education nationwide.</p> <p>The guidelines were signed by the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede.</p> <p>​</p> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/06/22/jamb-shuts-door-on-direct-100-level-200-level-admissions-into-colleges-of-education/">JAMB shuts door on direct 100-Level, 200-level admissions into Colleges of Education</a></p>

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