The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has restored its Central Admissions Processing Mechanism (CAPS).
The board announced this in its weekly bulletin issued on Monday, saying the platform was restored on Sunday, September 27.
It urged tertiary institutions to speed up their admission processes to build up for the time lost during the disruption.
“The Board as a finding urges all institutions to immediately accelerate their admission processes to recover the time lost during the period of the disruption and guarantee compliance together with the admission deadlines agreed at the 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions,” it said.
JAMB said the temporary disruption was caused by an administrative control involving its hosting organisation.
It said it worked using appropriate facility providers to restore and stabilise the platform, although apologising to candidates, institutions and other stakeholders for the inconvenience.
The board urged institutions to intensify admissions and advised candidates to promptly accept to admission offers made to them.
It recalled that the 2026 Policy Meeting agreed that admissions for the 2026/2027 academic session should be concluded during specified deadlines.
According to JAMB, audience universities are expected to deduce admissions by October 31, restricted universities by November 30, whereas other tertiary institutions have till December 31.
It urged society universities to intensify admissions following the topic of the 2026 Senior School Certificate Examination results by the Countrywide Examinations Council (NECO).
The board said the release of the results had provided institutions alongside the details needed to process extra admissions prior to the October 31 deadline.
JAMB moreover advised candidates who had been waiting for their NECO results to upload or confirm their results on the correct platform.
It assured stakeholders that it would speed up the proposal and approval of admission recommendations submitted by institutions across CAPS.
The board said it was moreover engaged to make the mechanism greater firm by introducing possibility systems and arrangements to minimise the effect of upcoming disruptions.
Source: JAMB restores CAPS, urges institutions to speed up admissions
