JAMB, WAEC End Multiple O’Level Verification Fees

Candidates seeking admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions will now pay a one-time fee of ₦4,000 to verify their West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) or O’Level results under a new arrangement introduced jointly by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).

The development is expected to bring relief to admission seekers who have often faced repeated verification of their academic credentials by different tertiary institutions during the admission process.

Under the new arrangement, candidates whose admissions are regulated by JAMB will be required to verify their WAEC results once through JAMB. The verification outcome will subsequently be made available to the relevant tertiary institutions.

JAMB and WAEC, in a joint statement issued on Tuesday, said candidates must make the ₦4,000 payment only through the designated JAMB Verification Service platform, stressing that the fee should not be paid directly to individual institutions.

The two examination bodies also directed tertiary institutions to rely on the verified results supplied by JAMB for admission screening, processing and other administrative purposes.

Consequently, institutions will no longer be permitted to demand additional payments from candidates for another verification of the same WAEC result.

The new policy followed a series of meetings and consultations between JAMB and WAEC aimed at streamlining the verification process and reducing the financial and logistical burden on admission seekers.

The ReporterNG