1,665 candidates submitted fake A’level results — JAMB

1,665 candidates submitted fake A’level results during the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Direct Entry registration process, the Board has revealed.

According to information obtained from its weekly bulletin, the fake results, 397 originated from Colleges of Education, 453 from university diplomas, and the remainder from other A’Level certificates./

Speaking during a meeting with officials from the National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students, JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, stressed the importance for institutions to safeguard certificate integrity and announced ongoing scrutiny of certificates by JAMB./

The Registrar highlighted a case at Bayero University, Kano, where only six out of 148 Direct Entry certificates were genuine, prompting collaborative efforts to combat fraud./

“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.”

The JAMB Registrar therefore called for the establishment of an A’Level result verification task force and a common verification platform, which verifies certificates in five minutes./

“Additionally, JAMB implemented a ‘No verification, No admission’ policy and identified 15 institutions yet to comply with verification requests, affecting over 20 candidates./  These institutions must pre-verify certificate holders before completing the registration process, although candidates can proceed with registration while awaiting backend verification,” He added.