How to Accept Your Admission on JAMB CAPS: SIM Card and CBT Centre Verification Explained Share

How to Accept Your Admission on JAMB CAPS

Getting an admission offer on your JAMB CAPS dashboard is a major milestone, but the process is not complete until you formally accept it. What surprises a lot of candidates is that this step is not as simple as clicking a button online; it depends specifically on the phone number and SIM card tied to your JAMB profile.

How Do I Accept My Admission on JAMB CAPS?

Once an admission offer appears on your CAPS dashboard, you accept it by sending an SMS with the word ACCEPT to either 55019 or 66019. Rejecting an offer follows the same process, using the word REJECT instead.

Why Does It Only Work With My Registered SIM Card?

This is the detail that trips up the most candidates. The SMS must be sent from the exact phone number registered with your JAMB profile, since this is how JAMB verifies that the response genuinely comes from you and not from someone else acting on your behalf. Sending the SMS from a different phone number, even one you personally own, will typically not register correctly against your profile.

What If I No Longer Have Access to My Registered SIM Card?

This is a common and genuinely stressful situation, especially for candidates whose original SIM has since been deactivated, lost, or reassigned by their network provider. If this applies to you, you generally cannot simply switch to a new number and continue as before., since this typically has to go through an official JAMB channel rather than being something you can fix from home.

What Is the Thumbprint Verification at a CBT Centre For?

Beyond the SMS acceptance step, JAMB also uses biometric verification, specifically your thumbprint, as an additional layer of confirmation tied to certain stages of the admission process. This verification is carried out physically at a JAMB office or an accredited CBT centre, not online, and exists to further confirm that the candidate accepting or completing a given step is genuinely.

Can Someone Else Accept My Admission on My Behalf?

No. Because the process is tied to your registered SIM card and, where applicable, your own thumbprint, it is specifically designed so that no one else, including a parent, sibling, or agent, can complete this step for you. Attempting to have someone else accept on your behalf, even with good intentions, risks the action not registering correctly, or worse, complications with your admission record. Reach out here if you are in a situation where you genuinely cannot personally complete this step, such as being unavailable due to travel or illness, so the correct guidance can be given for your case.

What Happens After I Accept?

Once your acceptance is successfully registered, your CAPS status updates to reflect the confirmed admission, and you generally proceed to your institution's own registration and clearance process. This is separate from, and in addition to, any acceptance fee your specific institution may require directly through its own portal.

What If I Accidentally Reject an Offer I Wanted?

If you send REJECT by mistake, or reject an offer you later realise you actually wanted, this is a serious situation, since a rejected offer typically cannot simply be reversed with a follow-up SMS.

Final Note

Accepting your JAMB CAPS admission offer comes down to two things: sending the correct SMS from your registered SIM card, and, where required, completing thumbprint verification physically at a JAMB office or accredited CBT centre. Neither step can be completed by someone else on your behalf.

Frequently Asked Questions -- Accepting Admission on JAMB CAPS

How do I accept my admission in JAMB CAPS?

Send an SMS with the word ACCEPT to 55019 or 66019, from the exact phone number registered with your JAMB profile.

Can I accept my admission from a different phone number?

No, the SMS must come from your registered SIM card for it to be correctly recognised against your profile.

What do I do if I no longer have my registered SIM card?

You generally cannot simply switch numbers on your own.

What is the thumbprint verification at a CBT centre for?

It is a biometric confirmation step carried out physically at a JAMB office or accredited CBT centre, used as an added layer of identity verification at certain stages of the admission process.

Can someone else accept my admission on my behalf?

No, the process is specifically tied to your own registered SIM card and, where applicable, your own thumbprint, so no one else can complete it for you.

What happens after I successfully accept my offer?

Your CAPS status updates to reflect confirmed admission, and you proceed with your institution's own registration and clearance process.