Examination boards in Kenya and Uganda are actually writing Nigeria to confirm information introduced by Nigerian candidates in search of admissions into tertiary establishments of their international locations.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board made this recognized in a doc for the 2024 coverage assembly.
JAMB famous within the doc that it will not falsify the information of any college students whereas stressing the necessity to defend Nigeria’s tertiary schooling from disrepute.
The growth comes on the again of the Federal Government’s determination to droop the verification of diploma certificates from Uganda, Kenya, Benin Republic, Togo and another international locations over allegations of certificates racketeering.
In March, the Federal Government arrange an Inter-Ministerial Investigative Committee on Degree Certificate Milling to probe the actions of certificates racketeers following an investigative report revealed by Daily Nigerian which uncovered the actions of faux diploma mills within the Benin Republic.
Daily Nigerian reporter Umar Audu revealed how he obtained a level inside six weeks and even proceeded to embark on obligatory youth service beneath the National Youth Service Corps scheme again in Nigeria.
The investigative report, which uncovered the illegalities perpetrated by some tertiary establishments within the West African international locations, led to the Nigerian authorities putting a ban on the accreditation and analysis of levels from Benin Republic and Togo.
The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, having acquired the report of the committee, famous that holders of faux levels from Nigerian and overseas universities could be flushed out of the system.
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Some of the suggestions of the committee burdened the necessity for universities within the nation to conduct their admissions by way of the Central Admissions Processing System popularly often known as CAPS and the obligatory submission of matriculation lists to the federal Ministry of Education.
In a doc obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday, JAMB famous that Kenya and Uganda examination boards are actually writing to Nigeria to confirm information of Nigerian college students in search of to check within the international locations.
“Uganda and Kenya examination boards are now writing to JAMB to confirm records presented by candidates for admission of candidates. JAMB would not falsify record,” the Nigerian examination physique acknowledged.
The PUNCH completely reported on Monday that the Federal Government had mandated all increased establishments within the nation to “regularly submit their matriculation lists to the Federal Ministry of Education not later than three months after matriculation ceremonies.”
The record, the federal government stated, have to be submitted “through the dedicated channel of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.”
The initiative is likely one of the suggestions made by the Inter-Ministerial Investigative Committee on Degree Certificate Milling arrange by the federal government to fight pretend diploma mills or racketeers within the nation.