A 90 day JAMB study timetable you can start on 8 November

A JAMB study timetable works better when it has dates on it. Count 8 November 2026 as day 1. Day 30 is 7 December, day 60 is 6 January and day 90 is 5 February 2027. Spend the first month on topics, the second on past questions by topic and the third on timed papers.

Photo by Eric Rothermel, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Key points

• Day 1 is 8 November 2026 and day 90 is 5 February 2027. I checked the dates with a script.
• Month one covers topics, month two is past questions by topic, and month three is timed papers.
• As of 26 October 2026 the 2027 UTME window is only proposed, for 15 to 25 March 2027, and it is not final. These 90 days end about five weeks before that proposed start, which leaves room for a final revision block.
• If you start late, cut the order of the plan and keep the habits.

Why 90 days?

It is a number you can hold in your head, and it takes you into early February. On 14 October 2026 the Federal Ministry of Education proposed a harmonised 2027 exam timetable that puts the UTME at 15 to 25 March 2027. That is a proposal, not a final date, and as of 26 October 2026 JAMB has published no 2027 registration dates. For scale, the 2026 UTME ran from 16 to 25 April, per Nairametrics. Day 90 falls about five weeks before the proposed 15 March start, which is fine. These 90 days are not a countdown to the exam. They are a first block that gets your habits settled, with time left after it for revision.

What should I decide before day 1?

Three small things.

1. Your four subjects. That means Use of English and three that fit your course. If you are unsure, settle it first with this guide to choosing and checking a subject combination.
2. Your weekly hours. Be honest. A student at school all day has fewer hours than a repeater. Write a number you will reach.
3. A syllabus and one textbook per subject. A BusinessDay study plan article of 13 February 2025 advises one or two clear, syllabus based books per subject, and I agree. The same article says you can reach 300 plus even if you start late. It names no scorers and shows no data, so take that as encouragement and not as evidence.

What do I do in month one, days 1 to 30?

Cover the content. Do not chase scores yet.

Here are the sums from my own app, because I know its numbers. It has 209 study guides across 11 subjects, between 15 and 22 per subject. Take English (15), Biology (17), Chemistry (19) and Physics (21). That is 72 topics, which over 30 days is 2.4 topics a day. Some topics take twenty minutes. Some Physics topics take a whole evening. So 2.4 is a pace, and you should adjust it.

A weekly shape:

Day	Focus
Monday	English topics
Tuesday	Biology topics
Wednesday	Chemistry topics
Thursday	Physics topics
Friday	Weakest subject, second pass
Saturday	Mixed review, 20 questions per subject
Sunday	Rest, then a short plan for next week

After each topic, answer five to ten questions on it straight away. If you get most wrong, read the topic again before moving on. You want to learn in week one that you did not understand week one.

What do I do in month two, days 31 to 60?

Make past questions the main work, and do them by topic. Grouping by topic shows you which subjects are weak, which grouping by year hides.

Keep an error log. A plain exercise book is enough: the question, the right answer, why you missed it, the topic. Every Sunday, read the week's log from the start. It is dull, and I think it is the part that changes results, though I have no data on how much. The full routine is in my post on using JAMB past questions.

Add one timed run a week, even a short one of 30 minutes, so the clock stops being a surprise.

What do I do in month three, days 61 to 90?

Move to full timed papers. My app's exam mode runs 60, 90, 120, 150 or 180 minutes. It also has a Full JAMB mock setting with 60 questions in Use of English and 40 in each of three other subjects, in 2 hours. I do not claim it matches what JAMB sets. It is a practice format. For pacing within a paper, see JAMB CBT time management.

Aim for two full papers a week, each followed by a review that takes as long as the paper did. The score helps. The list of wrong topics helps more, and you send those topics back to the month one routine for a day.

How much rest does a JAMB study plan need?

I am not a doctor, so I will not give you hours of sleep. I will say that a plan with no rest days tends to break around day 40. Keep Sunday light. If you are too tired to remember what you read an hour ago, stop for the day.

What if I start late?

Do not squeeze the whole plan into less time. Cut the order of it and keep the habits.

• Skip the full first pass of month one. Use your last paper's error log to choose which topics to read.
• Spend most of your time on past questions by topic, and open the study guide only when you are stuck.
• Start timed papers earlier, once a week from the first week.

None of this guarantees a score. I cannot promise one, and neither can anyone selling you a plan.

How does Etest CBT fit in?

If you want the app to do the scheduling, Etest CBT builds a day by day revision plan from your exam date, the days you can study and the hours you have spare, around the topics you get wrong most. It also has 209 study guides to go with the plan. It is independent of JAMB.

A notebook and the table above do the job as well.

Frequently asked questions

How many hours a day should I study for JAMB?

I cannot give you one number. Pick hours you can keep up for twelve weeks, and adjust after the first two. A steady two hours you actually do beats five hours you plan and miss. Write down the hours you really studied each week, and compare them with the plan.

Should I study all four subjects every day?

My example gives each subject its own day, with a mixed day at the weekend. Short daily contact with every subject works for some people. Try my version for two weeks, then switch if you forget topics between sessions. Keep whichever pattern you still follow in week six.

Is 90 days enough for JAMB?

I do not know, because it depends on where you start. The schedule is meant to make the next 90 days count, and it makes no promise about a result. If you are weak in several subjects, treat these 90 days as the first block and keep going.

When does JAMB 2027 registration open?

JAMB has not published it as of 26 October 2026. Only a proposed exam window of 15 to 25 March 2027 is out, and that is not final. I track what is official in my post on JAMB 2027 dates, and I update it when the board posts a notice. Until then, any registration date you see is a guess, so do not build your plan around one.

How I wrote this

On 15 October 2026 I read a BusinessDay study plan article, Nairametrics on the 2026 UTME and jamb.gov.ng, counted my app's study guides and checked its features in the code and store listing. I checked the dates with a script. The schedule is my suggestion.

If you want a plan built around your own exam date, Etest CBT can make one. If you prefer a notebook, the table above is enough. Day 1 is today.