The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) have introduced a one-off O’level result verification policy with a ₦4,000 price tag.
This was contained in a statement jointly issued by the two examination bodies on Tuesday.
They noted that this policy would enable candidates seeking admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions to upload their results from the comfort of their homes or any internet-enabled location.
Also, candidates seeking admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions whose admissions are regulated and coordinated by JAMB will verify their WAEC results once, through JAMB. The outcome of the verification will subsequently be made available to the institution to which the candidate seeks admission.
Futhermore, Candidates are to pay ₦4,000 only, once, for the verification of their WASSCE O’ Level results on the specified platform and not through their desired institutions.
They stated that Tertiary institutions were to utilise the verified results shared by JAMB for screening, processing candidate admission and other administrative purposes. candidates shall not be required to pay for another verification.
“WAEC has agreed to permit JAMB to share the outcome of the verification exercise with the relevant tertiary institutions for the purposes stated in (2).
“As stated in (2), the arrangement is designed to ensure that candidates’ who have successfully verified their WASSCE O’ Level result through the Verification Service platform will not be required to repeat the same verification exercise.
“This arrangement will significantly reduce the stress associated with repeated visits to institutions or JAMB-approved Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres, as candidates can initiate the verification process from the comfort of their homes or any internet-enabled location.
“Candidates are therefore encouraged to take full advantage of this improved arrangement by verifying their WASSCE O’ Level results through the JAMB provisioned Verification Service once and for all, knowing that the verified result will be utilised by the relevant institution”, the statement read in parts.
According to the agencies, this collaboration underscores the commitment of both JAMB and WAEC to putting the interests of candidates first, reducing unnecessary costs and simplifying the admission process while maintaining the integrity and security of candidates’ academic records.
