The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the full restoration of its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) following a temporary disruption that affected the platform.
The examination body said CAPS is now fully operational, allowing tertiary institutions to resume and accelerate admission processing for the 2026/2027 academic session.
JAMB disclosed this in an update to candidates, institutions and other stakeholders, urging schools to make up for the time lost during the disruption.
The restoration of CAPS means tertiary institutions can resume admission processing on the centralised platform following the temporary disruption.
JAMB urged institutions to accelerate their admission processes to recover lost time, while candidates who receive admission offers have been advised to respond promptly.
JAMB maintained the existing deadlines for the completion of the 2026/2027 admission exercise across public universities, private universities and other tertiary institutions.
Candidates who receive admission offers through the platform have also been advised to respond promptly rather than delay accepting their offers.
JAMB also advised candidates who had been awaiting the release of their 2026 National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examination results to upload or verify their results on the relevant platform.
The directive follows the release of the 2026 NECO SSCE results and is intended to ensure candidates’ academic credentials are available to institutions as they step up their admission processes.
Failure to make the required results available could affect an institution’s ability to consider a candidate during the admission process.
The restoration comes days after JAMB announced the temporary shutdown of CAPS on September 24, citing technical challenges associated with the platform’s hosting arrangements.
On September 21, Nairametrics reported that the Board approved the service for candidates who had lost access to the contact details originally linked to their profiles.
The service, which commenced the same day, allows candidates with genuine cases to update their registered phone numbers or email addresses through a secure process at designated JAMB centres, including Professional Test Centres, Professional Registration Centres and State Offices where applicable.
JAMB has faced other technology-related disruptions in 2026. During the mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held on March 28, candidates and parents reported system errors, network failures and delays at several examination centres.
The mock examination was conducted for 227,896 candidates nationwide, with some centres recording hours-long delays and others reportedly unable to commence the examination as scheduled.
