About 1,665 fake A’level results were uncovered during the 2023 Direct Entry registration exercise, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said
The agency said 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 the admission process.
Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede said this during a visit by the leadership of the National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students (NANCES) at JAMB’s headquarters in Bwari, Abuja.
Oloyede revealed that of this figure, 397 were from colleges of education, 453 from university diplomas and the rest A’level certificates.
He pointed out that it should be of grave concern if no one respected the certificate one was holding; hence, there was a need to safeguard the integrity of the A’level certificates that are used to secure admission through measures that would stand the test of time.
The Board has further extended the registration exercise for 2024 Direct Entry examination to April 25.
It had fixed March 28 as the deadline for its DE registration which commenced on February 28.
The board subsequently extended the deadline to April 11.
But in an X post on Tuesday, the board said it has extended the deadline to April 25.
JAMB said the latest extension became necessary to accommodate candidates who have expressed interest in registering for the exercise but have been unable to do so “against the backdrop of some compelling realities”.
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