Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Logo. Photo: JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has formally ended admissions into affiliated degree programmes run by colleges of education, marking a major shift in Nigeria’s teacher education system and effectively making the Nigeria Certificate in Education the sole entry route into the institutions from the 2026/2027 academic session.
The decision is contained in JAMB’s newly released NCE/ND Agric Registration Guidelines issued by the Office of the Registrar in June 2026.
Under the new policy, the board declared that “no admission into any affiliated programme in any college of education from the 2026/2027 session.”
JAMB also ruled out direct admission into 100 and 200 levels in colleges of education, insisting that all fresh entrants must now come through the NCE programme.
