The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has resumed enrollment for Direct Entry for 2023. According to JAMB, a new registration will start on March 20, 2023, and will end on April 28, 2023.
The Board said it has suspended the registration scheduled for February 20, 2023, due to the discovery of devices and tricks to circumvent and compromise the standards of A-level qualification required for DE candidates.
This was disclosed by JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, in a statement issued on Monday.
A statement by Oloyede reads partly:
“Recall that recent joint operations of the Federal Ministry of Education and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on DE qualifications brought to light some of these unsavoury and nefarious activities. Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has also consistently brought to the fore the high rate of forgery of A’Level qualifications for DE.”
He said some candidates forged their A’ level certificates to register for DE and eventually got admitted.
Oloyede said out of 148 candidates verified by BUK, only 6 were found to be genuine.
The JAMB chairman also said the board is working to identify candidates who engaged in such activities. He added that those identified are being dealt with.
Oloyode said the 2023 DE registration will only be restricted to JAMB PTCs and will also be done under strict supervision.
Commenting on the guidelines for the registration, the JAMB chairman said all candidates must fill in the registration/matriculation number of the previous school attended subjects of qualifications, awarding institution and institution attended.
Furthermore, he declared that only candidates with NABTEB GCE A’ Level from 2015 to 2021 would be given DE admission.
cc: Daily Post Ng
