The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB has uncovered about 1,665 fake A'level results during the 2023 Direct Entry,DE registration exercise.
The Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede made this known in Abuja when he received the leadership of the National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students.
According to Professor Oloyede, out of this figure, 397 were from Colleges of Education, 453 from university diplomas and the rest for other A’level certificates.
The Board explained that the A'level results verification regime was occasioned by the endemic corruption associated with the system and was intended to restore the integrity of this component of admission process.
He pointed out that it should be of grave concern if no one respects the certificate one is holding hence, there is need to safeguard the integrity of A'level certificates that is used to secure admission through measures that would stand the test of time.
The Registrar said in the past, when a candidate applied for DE, the Board would simply ask awarding institutions to do the necessary screening and due diligence.
However, JAMB was dumbfounded by the startling revelations from the Bayero University, Kano, whereby out of the 148 Direct Entry applications to the institution, only six of the certificates forwarded for processing were genuine.
The Registrar stated that it was the discovery of this monumental fraud that prompted the meeting of critical stakeholders, where an A'level result verification task force was constituted and the creation of a common platform for the verification of A'level results and certificates to combat the menace.
Professor Oloyede added that to underscore the importance attached to the exercise, the Board has put in place a "No verification, No admission" policy.
The President, National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students, Comrade Eegunjobi Samuel drew the attention of the Board to the challenges faced by its members in the ongoing DE registration and asked for more registration centres.RN
