The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the deadline for the acceptance of outstanding admission offers from the 2021 to 2025 to November 30.
This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s spokesperson.
He said candidates with outstanding admission within that period should either accept or reject their offers by November 30.
Benjamin said the extension follows the temporary unavailability of the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) for approximately 96 hours.
He said the window is intended to give all affected candidates a final opportunity to update their admission records.
The spokesperson said the board had earlier extended the deadline for candidates offered admission to September 30.
“However, in view of the recent disruption to the CAPS platform, Management has approved 30th November 2026 as the final deadline for candidates in this category to indicate whether they wish to accept or reject their outstanding admission offers,” the statement reads.
“The Board wishes to emphasise that candidates who fail to act on or before 30th November 2026 will not be permitted to accept or reject such outstanding offers within the current window.
“Any subsequent request to update an admission record relating to these previous years will attract the applicable penalty fee, in view of the fact that the admission offers have remained outstanding for several years and candidates have had ample opportunity to take the necessary action.”
Benjamin said that the intervention is important for candidates whose admissions are not reflected on the matriculation list.
He noted that such candidates may encounter difficulties accessing benefits associated with properly documented admissions, including participation in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme.
“The Board therefore strongly advises all affected candidates to take immediate action and not wait until the expiration of the deadline,” Benjamin said.
“Candidates who accept their admission offers will be able to proceed to print their admission letters.
“Candidates who reject their admission offers will have their dashboards reverted to “not admitted”, thereby enabling the Board to update its records and ensure that the national admission database accurately reflects their current status.
“Candidates who are no longer studying at the institution where the previous admission was offered, or who are currently pursuing a programme different from the one for which the previous admission was granted, may accept the outstanding admission and subsequently apply for the appropriate correction or deletion of the previous admission, where applicable. This will enable the board to appropriately update the candidate’s admission status and records.
“Similarly, candidates who are currently pursuing a second degree but still have an unaccepted admission offer from a previous admission exercise may reject the outstanding offer and continue with their current programme.
“The board also wishes to reassure candidates who have been offered admission in the 2026 admission exercise but still have an outstanding admission offer from an earlier year that they have no cause for apprehension.
“Such candidates may reject the previous admission offer, and doing so will not affect their 2026 admission.”
He added that the extension would provide all affected candidates with a final opportunity to indicate their admission status.
