The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has remitted a total sum of ₦1,570,671,200 to the Computer -Based Test (CBT) centres that participated in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration exercise.
This was contained in this week’s edition of the JAMBulletin published on Monday.
The Board had earlier announced that it would collect the N700 registration charge due to CBT centres together with the ePIN registration fee from candidates and remit the amount directly to the centres on weekly basis.
This arrangement was introduced to prevent the exploitation of candidates, eliminate the need for candidates to make multiple payments at different points during registration and ensure a seamless registration process.
Under this system, candidates were not required to pay separate registration fees at the centres. “Once a candidate purchases the ePIN which already includes the N700 registration charge, they are free tovisit any accredited Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) CBT centre of their choice for registration without being restricted to any particular centre.
“In line with this arrangement, the Board has remitted a total sum of ₦1,570,671,200 to the CBT centres that participated in the 2026 UTME registration exercise”, the Board said.
It added that this initiative significantly curtailed abuses and the exploitation of candidates through the imposition of unauthorized charges. It also entrenched a cashless registration process at the centres, many of which were privately owned.
To further strengthen compliance and curb registration infractions, the Board introduced the “No View, No Pay” policy. Under this policy, payments to any CBT centre are withheld if the registration activities at such a centre cannot be
monitored remotely by the Board.
Payment is only effected after the This monitoring mechanism forms centre rectifies the anomaly and its part of the Board’s broader activities can be viewed from the technological innovations aimed at Board’s headquarters in Abuja.
Consequently, a few centres that initially experienced this challenge did not receive payment alongside their counterpart until the irregularities were corrected.
“The Board remains committed to sustaining its cashless policy and will continue to introduce additional measures to ensure that the regi stration process remains seamless, transparent, and equitable for all candidates”, it concluded.
