• Only six had genuine papers in 148 applicants at BUK• JAMB slashes DE, diploma intakes from 30% to 10% institutions.
Sharing the board’s experience from the 2023 verification exercise, Oloyede disclosed that of the 44,866 candidates who applied for the DE , 1,957 have so far been disclaimed by the institutions. A’levels are advanced post-secondary education, the results from which are often used by admission seekers to skip the UTME organised by JAMB; post-UTME by the institutions, and secure admission into 200-level in universities.
Part of the measures suggested, he said, was the constitution of an A’level result verification task force, as well as the creation of a common platform for the verification of results and certificates. Some of the candidates who spoke to The Guardian expressed concern over the delay in verifying their results. Ekene Erondu, a direct entry applicant from the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, which has four outstanding certificates, expressed dismay that his institution was yet to verify his certificate alongside others. He called on well-meaning Nigerians to appeal to the institution to confirm the authenticity of his certificate.