The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has declared the recommencement of the 2023 Direct Entry registration process across Nigeria. JAMB’s head, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, made the announcement during a press conference on Monday in Abuja. He stated that the Direct Entry registration will conclude on April 28th, 2023.

Professor Oloyede recalled that the 2023 Direct Entry registration initially began on Monday, February 20th, 2023. However, it was swiftly suspended due to the discovery of numerous tactics and devices designed to bypass and undermine the required A’ Level qualifications for Direct Entry candidates.

JAMB has now resumed the 2023 Direct Entry Registration, and Professor Oloyede highlighted that only 13 qualifications/certificates will be accepted for the registration process. These include:

Additionally, Professor Oloyede mentioned that the 127 candidates who had already registered for the 2023 Direct Entry before the suspension would be asked to return to their registration centers and update their applications.

To address the challenges associated with A’ Level qualifications, JAMB has implemented a data bank, which has now been renamed the ‘Nigeria Post-secondary Education Data System.’

Candidates with one of the following qualifications may be considered for admission by Direct Entry: