JAMB Suspends Admission For 10,378 DE Candidates Due To Failed Verification

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has taken the decision to suspend the admission of 10,378 candidates who participated in the 2023 Direct Entry examination. The suspension comes as a result of their A-level issuing institutions failing to submit verification reports to JAMB.

Back in February 2023, JAMB issued an advisory to guide candidates seeking admission through Direct Entry for the 2023/2024 academic session. The advisory aimed to address the issue of candidates utilizing unacceptable or forged A-level certificates/qualifications to secure admission.

JAMB recently advised affected candidates to promptly contact their former institutions to undergo the necessary verification process for their certificates. It explicitly stated that students with unverified certificates would not be accepted.

While a substantial number of tertiary institutions responded positively to JAMB’s request for verification, over 240 institutions, predominantly polytechnics and colleges of education, failed to submit verification reports for A-level results of the candidates.

According to a report obtained from JAMB in Abuja, the Nigeria Post-secondary Education Data System (NIPEDS) conducted verification exercises, prompting JAMB to take further steps to address irregularities in the 2023 Direct Entry admission process.

JAMB emphasized, “The NIPEDS has 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.”

As a consequence, candidates holding certificates from institutions that have not responded to the verification request will not be considered for admission until the verification process is completed.

An analysis of affected institutions reveals that some with the highest number of unverified A-level results include Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1,314 candidates); Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (611 candidates); Aminu Saleh College of Education (269 candidates); College of Education, Minna (248 candidates); Federal College of Education, Okene (164 candidates); Federal College of Education, Kotangora (164 candidates); Federal College of Education, Abeokuta (383 candidates), among others.