JAMB’s CAPS shuts down as admission begins

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB,has announced the temporary shutdown of its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).
This comes amid the ongoing admission exercise into tertiary institutions nationwide.
CAPS is the central platform JAMB uses to process admissions into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.
The platform became unavailable due to technical challenges linked to its hosting arrangements.
A statement by JAMB’s Acting Director, Public Affairs and Protocols, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said the board was in communication with the organisation hosting the CAPS platform as it sought to restore the system.
According to JAMB, “the Board is par...