How To Upload WAEC Result on JAMB Portal

If you have uploaded WAEC result on JAMB portal once, then that is good enough. All you need do is to visit JAMB CAPS to verify that the result has been correctly upload on JAMB portal.

It is absolutely free to upload WAEC result on JAMB portal. However, uploading of the result is not what can be done by the student. You will have to visit any JAMB accredited CBT centre close to you to get that done. So , it is at the CBT centre that you will be charged some money for the service being rendered.

If you are certain that you uploaded the WAEC result on JAMB portal but it doesn’t show on JAMB portal, click the refresh button on your browser. If the result still does not appear, you may need to go back to the CBT centre to upload the result again.

You can upload WAEC result on JAMB portal either before JAMB examination or after JAMB examination. Provided the admission list has not been released yet, you can still safely upload WAEC result on JAMB portal. However, its advisable you upload your WAEC result early enough as long as you have result with you. Don’t delay in doing that.

These can take some weeks or even months at times. After JAMB results are being released, institutions have to prepare for post-UTME screening. After then, the scores are being gathered and cut-off marks set. Then admission list would now be released by the institution. It is usually a long process.

Yes. You can actually gain admission without WAEC results. Most tertiary institutions accept other O’ level result such as GCE and NECO. 

Yes. Tertiary institutions in Nigeria can give admission without O’level results. However, at the point of admission screening/ registration at your choice institution, you will be asked to present your O’level result. Failure to present such result can make you forfeit the admission for that year.

Yes. It is highly mandatory for you to print out your JAMB result. This is because during admission screening, the original JAMB result slip is one of the documents that will be required of you.

Your O’ level result does not expire. It is valid for life. You can always use it at any time for any purpose.

It implies that you have not yet being offered admission by any institution. You can check back some other time, a school might still appear if eventually you are given admission.

There is really nothing to worry about if your JAMB CAPS is showing only welcome. This happens mostly if you are using your phone browser to access JAMB CAPS. To resolve this, go to the browser setting of your mobile phone and change the setting to desktop mode. Now, you can be able to see other details on JAMB CAPS.

No. Your JAMB result is only valid for one admission year. You will have to sit for another JAMB the following year if you don’t get admission the first time. However, JAMB gives opportunity for students to change institution or courses. So, if you don’t want to wait for another admission year, you can change to a course or institution that would accept your current JAMB score.

Usually, the institution admission list comes out first, after which it is been uploaded on JAMB portal. So, if you see your name on your institution admission list, just be patient. In a short while, it will appear on JAMB CAPS.

There is no limit to the number of times you are allowed to write JAMB examination. If you sit for JAMB a particular year but don’t get admission due to low grades, you can try the exam again. Brace up, pick up another JAMB form the following year. But its advisable that if you have to re-sit JAMB examination, you should prepare well. You may need to do some re-strategising e.g in the way you study, etc. Attending tutorials and also getting counsel from those that performed very well in previous JAMB would go along way to help you score good grades.

To ascertain your admission status, you need to visit JAMB CAPS or your choice institution website to check .