Victoria Mgbanwa
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has stated that the A-level results verification regime was characterized by corruption associated with the system.
The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, made this statement when he received the leadership of the National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students.
“We have 1,665 fake results, and out of this figure, 397 were from Colleges of Education, 453 were university diplomas, and the rest were other A’level certificates.
“It should be of grave concern if no one respects the certificate one is holding; hence, there is a need to safeguard the integrity of A’level certificates that are used to secure admission through measures that would stand the test of time,” he said.
He further noted that JAMB has put in place a “No verification, No admission” policy.”15 institutions, which were yet to fully comply, would have to pre-verify holders of their certificates before they complete their DE registration.
“He further revealed that JAMB was shocked by the revelations from Bayero University, Kano, where out of the 148 Direct Entry applications to the institution, only six of the certificates forwarded for processing were genuine.
“The discovery of the fraud prompted the meeting of critical stakeholders, who met to chart ways of combating the menace.
While listing measures on how to curb this, he said, “The constitution of an A’level result verification task force as well as the creation of a common platform for the verification of A’level results and certificates.
The platform was reliable and user-friendly, as it only takes five minutes to verify any given certificate,” he said.
