I feel this is a good official topic to begin my Jamb series . Now, Jamb stands for Joint Admission and Matriculation Board. That’s the full meaning of Jamb. Now, let’s see other things you need to know about Jamb.

Jamb is an annual Examination conducted across all States in Nigeria. The examination is purely computer based and scheduled at different dates in different centers approved for all Candidates. It has two options which are Jamb UTME and Direct entry. See more about that here.

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Jamb Registration: Registration in Nigeria is announced yearly. The registration usually begin around December or early in new year. Candidates are usually given about three weeks or more to do their registration.

Examination Hall : The jamb examination hall is AC tight and highly supervised. The examination is computer based and you are timed to answer specific number of questions. The computer goes off immediately your time is over.

Subjects Registered In Jamb: Candidates are required to answer questions on only four subjects in the examination. The Use of English is compulsory while the three other subjects depend on the course you have chosen to offer in the University. See Jamb subject combination here .

Jamb Profile: The Joint admission and Matriculation board has made it compulsory for all candidates to create Jamb profile before they can register Jamb. There are many other things you can do with your Jamb profile; You may want to see more about that

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Release Of Jamb Result: The results of Joint admission examination are released online few days after the examination. The results are also checked via the Jamb profile .

Jamb Official Website & What You Can Do There: Jamb registration, creation of account, checking results and every other things are done on Jamb official portal. Jamb website is Jamb.org.ng. The following are other things you could do on Jamb site:

Utme Registration.

Direct entry registration.

Download Jamb mobile App

Print your result slip

Admission letter printing

Application for correction of data

Change of admission letter

Check Admission status

Late application

Cbt Registration.

Other Facts About Jamb You May Know

1. Jamb stands for Joint Admission & Matriculation Board.

2. It is a an entrance exam that determines your admission into a University or Polytechnic in Nigeria

3. The minimum you can score in Jamb is 0 (lol).

4. The maximum you can score in Jamb is 400.

5. Jamb is offered once in a year.

6. More than one million candidates take Jamb yearly.

7. If you have not written your waec or neco, you can fill in awaiting result to sit for Jamb.

8. Jamb started in 1978.

This is just a preamble. Trust me, you are going to enjoy everything I would share about Jamb.