JAMB Warning: Direct Entry Admissions at Risk Over Verification Failure

Cursory: Candidates from at least 155 institutions may face exclusion from Direct Entry admissions due to unsuccessful certificate verification. JAMB issued advisories to address the use of unacceptable or forged A-level certificates for admissions. Candidates are urged to verify their certificates promptly, as unverified ones will not be accepted. JAMB has contacted tertiary institutions for verification, with varying responses received.

Findings by Sunday PUNCH have indicated that candidates from at least 155 institutions may face exclusion from processing Direct Entry admissions due to unsuccessful verification of their certificates by the awarding institutions.

The registration for Direct Entry examinations is slated to begin on February 28, 2024. In February 2023, JAMB issued an advisory aimed at guiding candidates seeking admissions through Direct Entry for the 2023/2024 academic session.

This advisory primarily aimed to address the issue of candidates using unacceptable or forged A-level certificates/qualifications to secure admission.

Recently, JAMB advised candidates to promptly contact their former institutions to have their certificates verified, emphasizing that unverified certificates would not be accepted.

JAMB also mentioned that it had reached out to all tertiary institutions that issued certificates, with a significant number responding positively, while others did not.

A memo by JAMB to some of the institutions sighted by our correspondent in Abuja says, “As you are aware, the Board had introduced measures to help address the discovered unenvisaged tricks and sharp practices by candidates who intended to use unacceptable or forged A’ level certificates/qualifications to gain admission. One of the measures was the verification of the claimed qualifications with the awarding bodies/institutions.

“Institutions awarding A’ Level qualifications, degrees, and diplomas had been requested, through the central admissions processing system to verify the authenticity of the qualifications and results presented by candidates to the board for admission.Despite the letters and follow-ups made by the board to institutions to verify the claimed certificates, 2,795 are yet to be verified from 155 institutions, as some have partially or totally not responded.”

According to the memo, some of the institutions include Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo; College of Health Technology, Plateau; College of Education, Lafiagi, Kwara state; College of Education, Oju, Benue state among others.Earlier, JAMB had noted that as part of efforts to arrest this series of unwholesome practices.

“The Nigeria Post-secondary Education Data System also known as NIPEDS had written to all tertiary institutions in the country to facilitate the verification of the A-level certificates of their respective students.

“While a significant number of these institutions have responded and had their students’ A-level certificates verified and the admissions of their students consequently processed, NIPEDS has yet to receive any response from many institutions,” the statement said

“In effect, all such candidates holding the certificates of these institutions would not be considered for admission until they are verified.”

Credits: ALLSCHOOL, PUNCH

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