According to the document, Kenya and Uganda exam boards are now writing to Nigeria to verify records of Nigerian students seeking to study in the countries.
The authorities of several universities in Kenya and Uganda have begun to seek confirmation from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on any certificates presented by Nigerian candidates seeking admissions into tertiary institutions in their countries.
This was revealed by JAMB in a document for the 2024 policy meeting.
According to the document, Kenya and Uganda exam boards are now writing to Nigeria to verify records of Nigerian students seeking to study in the countries.
“Uganda and Kenya examination boards are now writing to JAMB to confirm records presented by candidates for admission of candidates. JAMB would not falsify records,” the Nigerian exam body stated, according to PUNCH.
This move is unconnected with the recent reports of fake certificates dominating some West African countries, particularly from the Benin Republic.
Bellnews had also exclusively reported that some officials of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, were also selling Degrees for N2 million to N3 million.
All the interested person needs is the required amount of money – which can vary depending on the department of choice – and an O-level certificate and in two to three weeks, they can count themselves as ‘LASU graduates’. Remarkably, their details and results make it to the school server alongside those of genuine graduates who burnt the candle at both ends to earn theirs.
And that is not all: the founders must be turning in their graves knowing that not only is certificate racketeering thriving in the school but that some staff members were caught and mysteriously allowed to stay on as if nothing happened.
This made the Nigerian government mandated all higher institutions in the country to “regularly submit their matriculation lists to the Federal Ministry of Education not later than three months after matriculation ceremonies.”
The list, the government said, must be submitted “through the dedicated channel of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.”
The initiative is one of the recommendations made by the Inter-Ministerial Investigative Committee on Degree Certificate Milling set up by the government to combat fake degree mills or racketeers in the country.