JAMB warns candidates against re-uploading O’Level results, obtaining new verification code

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has warned candidates who beforehand uploaded their O’Level outcomes against importing them once more or obtaining a new verification code beneath its new verification system.

The Board gave the directive in an announcement signed by its Acting Director, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, following complaints from candidates searching for clarification on the new course of.

JAMB mentioned the clarification covers candidates who uploaded their outcomes throughout the present registration train, after the discharge of WAEC outcomes and those that submitted their leads to earlier years beneath the previous system.

“All candidates who have previously uploaded their O’Level results do not need to re-upload their results or obtain a verification code again,” the Board mentioned.

It added that O’Level outcomes uploaded by way of the earlier course of stay legitimate and can proceed to be recognised on its platform.

According to JAMB, the new verification course of is geared toward strengthening checks on O’Level outcomes and stopping falsified outcomes from getting used for admission.

JAMB mentioned candidates whose outcomes have been uploaded beneath the previous course of would solely be subjected to the suitable verification by their establishments the place vital.

The Board suggested affected candidates to not make repeat uploads just because their outcomes have been submitted earlier than the new verification association was launched.