The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said they discovered 1,665 fake A-level results during the 2023 Direct Entry (DE) registration.
This announced by the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, during a meeting with the leadership of the National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students in Abuja.
According to Prof. Oloyede, out of the identified fake results, 397 were from Colleges of Education, 453 were university diplomas, and the remainder were other A-level certificates.
He expressed concern over the prevalence of corruption within the A-level results verification regime, and stated the need to safeguard the integrity of academic certificates used for admission purposes.
The Registrar gave an instance at Bayero University, Kano, where out of 148 Direct Entry applications, only six of the certificates forwarded for processing were found to be genuine.
This discovery prompted JAMB to convene critical stakeholders to address the issue, leading to the suggestion of measures such as the establishment of an A-level result verification task force and the creation of a common platform for certificate verification.
In response to these findings, JAMB has implemented a “No verification, No admission” policy and has identified 15 institutions that have not sufficiently complied with verification requests. These institutions, with more than 20 unverified candidates, will be required to pre-verify candidates applying with their certificates before completing the DE registration process.
To streamline the registration process, candidates can now register while their schools verify their credentials on the backend. However, the 15 institutions yet to fully comply will need to pre-verify their certificate holders before completing DE registration.
Eegunjobi Samuel, President of the National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students, commended the efforts of JAMB in restoring sanity, integrity, and credibility to the nation’s examination and admission processes.
The association presented complaints regarding challenges faced during the ongoing 2024 DE registration and requested additional registration centers to alleviate these issues.
