1,665 FALSE A-LEVEL RESULTS FOUND BY JAMB DURING 2023 DIRECT ENTRY REGISTRATION

Babatunji Wusu –

The number of bogus A-level results floating across the nation has been bemoaned by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
Around 1,665 fraudulent A-level results were found by the Board during the 2023 Direct Entry registration process, according to JAMB Registrar Professor Ishaq Oloyede.

He revealed this information to the leaders of the National Association of Nigerian Colleges of Education Students on Tuesday in Abuja when they paid him a visit in his office.

He clarified that out of all the bogus results that were found, 453 university diplomas, 397 college of education degrees, and the remaining certificates were A’level equivalents.

During the meeting, the JAMB Registrar bemoaned the corruption in the system for verifying A-level results and stressed the importance of protecting the certificates’ integrity.

He 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.”

Oloyede specifically mentioned that at Bayero University, Kano, only 6 out of the 148 Direct Entry applications received by the institution were found to have genuine certificates among them.