The Joint Admissions and Enlisting Board and the West African Examinations Council have clarified that candidates seeking admission into Nigerian tertiary organizations will pay a one-time fee of N4,000 to verify their WASSCE O’Level results.
The information was contained in a joint statement issued by both assessment bodies on Tuesday following discussions on the recently presented system for remote O’Level outcome upload and verification.
Under the arrangement, candidates whose admissions are processed through JAMB will verify their WAEC results as soon as utilizing the designated platform. The outcome of the verification will then be shown the tertiary organization handling the candidate’s admission.
JAMB and WAEC stressed that prospects would not be anticipated to make another payment for the very same verification at their favored organizations.
According to the 2 bodies, the N4,000 charge uses only as soon as to the verification of a prospect’s WASSCE O’Level result.
Tertiary institutions have actually also been directed to use the confirmed results supplied through JAMB for admission screening, processing and other related administrative purposes rather than requiring candidates to go through another verification workout.
The explanation follows JAMB’s current intro of a technology-based system that permits prospects to validate and publish their O’Level results from another location, without always going to a JAMB-accredited Computer-Based Test centre.
The system was at first introduced for WAEC outcomes and allows JAMB to validate candidates’ records straight with the evaluation body.
JAMB stated the effort was created to make admission services more accessible while minimizing hold-ups, unnecessary travel and handbook procedures.
With the current contract, a prospect who has actually finished the verification process through JAMB will not need to repeat it when dealing with the institution to which they are looking for admission.
WAEC has actually authorised JAMB to make the result of the verification offered to the pertinent tertiary institutions for admission and other legitimate administrative purposes.
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The plan is anticipated to minimize cases where prospects undergo numerous verification procedures after their outcomes have already been authenticated.
It is likewise meant to lessen the monetary and logistical problem related to repeated checks of the same academic record.
The policy successfully presents a one verification, numerous uses approach, under which candidates pay N4,000 as soon as and the validated result can consequently be used by the pertinent organization during the admission procedure.
Previously, candidates could face different phases of result verification including JAMB, assessment bodies and private tertiary institutions. This in some cases resulted in additional costs and duplicated visits to CBT centres or institutions.
The new system looks for to centralise the procedure and make sure that institutions count on outcomes currently confirmed through the JAMB platform.
JAMB and WAEC stated the partnership would likewise enhance the integrity of prospects’ academic records and help in reducing making use of fake, modified or unverified O’Level results during admission processing.
The development comes as candidates continue to process admissions for the 2026/2027 academic session, with O’Level results remaining an essential requirement for admission into universities, polytechnics, colleges of education and other tertiary organizations.
The 2 bodies recommended prospects to complete the confirmation through the authorized JAMB platform and keep their confirmation details for future reference during the admission process.