DE registration: JAMB discovers 1,665 fake A-level results

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has uncovered at least 1,665 fake A’level results during the 2023 Direct Entry (DE) registration exercise.

JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, revealed this when he received the leadership of the National Association of Nigeria Colleges of Education Students in his office on Tuesday in Abuja.

Oloyede said, “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 registrar recalled that in the past when a candidate applied for DE, the board would simply ask awarding institutions to do the necessary screening and due diligence.

He stated 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.