… mandates NCE-only entry from 2026/27
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shut the door on affiliated degree programmes in colleges of education, a policy shift meant to end decades-long university partnership model, and reshape the teacher education pathway.
The decision is contained in JAMB’s NCE/ND Agric Registration Guidelines released by the Office of the Registrar in June 2026, which takes effect from the 2026/2027 academic session.
“With effect from 2026/7 session, no admission into 100 or 200 Level is allowed into any college of education. All entrants are through NCE,” the board stated in the guidelines.
The policy change basically restructures Nigeria’s teacher education architecture and eliminates a decades-old route through which thousands of students annually earn university degrees from within the colleges.
Under the new framework, the Nigeria Certificate in Education becomes the sole entry point into all colleges of education, with the board
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