JAMB identifies 1,665 fake A’level results during Direct Entry Registration

During the Direct Entry registration process, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) uncovered 1,665 fake A’level results, as reported in the board’s weekly bulletin in Abuja. Professor Is-haq Oloyede, the Registrar, shared these findings during a meeting with officials from the National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students (NANCES). Oloyede stressed the importance of verifying A-level results to combat widespread corruption and uphold the integrity of the admission process.

According to research, it was discovered that out of the detected counterfeit A’level results, 397 were from Colleges of Education, 453 were from university diplomas, and the rest came from various other A’level certificates. Oloyede emphasized the crucial need for institutions to protect the integrity of certificates and declared that JAMB is continuously scrutinizing certificates. He pointed out a concerning case at Bayero University, Kano, where only six out of 148 Direct Entry certificates were authentic, prompting collaborative efforts to tackle fraud.

However, Oloyede mentioned proposed measures such as forming an A’level result verification task force and implementing a common verification platform capable of verifying certificates within five minutes. Furthermore, JAMB has enforced a “No verification, No admission” policy and identified 15 institutions that have not yet complied with verification requests, impacting over 20 candidates. These institutions are required to pre-verify certificate holders before finalizing the registration process. However, candidates can still proceed with registration while awaiting backend verification.