When you do a change of institution or course, it is expected to reflect on both your JAMB CAPS and school portal. However, most candidates tend to panic when they’ve made this change of institution or course and it hasn’t reflected on their school portal.
Now the question here is, “How long is it supposed to take for this new change to reflect on the school portal?”. In today’s article, I will be providing a well-detailed answer to that question and also make you understand how this change on the school portal works. This way, you wouldn’t have any reason to panic anymore. So without wasting much time, let’s proceed!
How Long Does It Take For Change Of Institution Or Course To Reflect On School Portal?
It takes less than 2 weeks for change of institution or course to reflect on the school portal. Now why that long? This is because after completing your change of course or institution, the following process needs to be done before it will reflect on your school portal.
- JAMB needs to send your new details to your school.
- Your school needs to upload those details on their database.
So this process is exactly what makes change of course or institution take that long before it reflects on your school portal. However, it might even take longer than 2 weeks due to the following reasons below.
- JAMB Delay
JAMB normally waits for a certain number of candidates to do a change of course or institution before sending the new list to the respective universities, polytechnics, or colleges of education. Sometimes, it might take time for the list to be filled, which results in the delay.
- School Delay
Even after your school has received the list from JAMB, it might take time for their ICT department to upload this list to their database, which contributes to the delay.
So the faster JAMB sends your new details to your school and your school uploads the details to their database, the faster your change of course or institution will reflect on your school portal. Before I conclude this article, please take note that if your school gives a deadline for doing a change of institution or course and you did yours after the deadline given, it won’t reflect on your school portal no matter what.
When a school gives a deadline, it means that they won’t upload any more new lists gotten from JAMB to their database again after that day. So if your school gave a deadline and you did yours after the deadline given, just consider another institution because that change will not reflect on your school portal.
In conclusion, it takes roughly 2 weeks for a change of institution or course to reflect on your school portal and sometimes more due to JAMB’s delay in sending the new list to your school and also your school’s delay in uploading the new list to their database. Thank you for reading this article.
