JAMB AUTOMATES NATIONAL MATRICULATION LIST

As part of measures to detect and prevent the use of counterfeit and forged certificates by fraudulent individuals,

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has automated the process of analysing the National Matriculation List (NML)  as part of measures to detect and prevent the use of counterfeit and forged certificates by fraudulent individuals,

Furthermore, the Board also listed timely submission of the NML as a precondition for  institutions to compete for the National Tertiary Admission Performance-Merit Award (NATAP-M Award).

The National Matriculation List is an official document that confirms a candidate’s admission into any Nigerian tertiary institution of his choice as conducted through the Board’s Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).

The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, in his presentation during the just-concluded 2024 Policy Meeting on Admissions held in Abuja, said  beginning from 2024, all institutions must  upload their matriculation list and obtain the result of the analysis before matriculating their admitted-candidates adding that it takes a minimum of five minutes to analyse a matriculation list courtesy of the automation.

According to the Registrar, JAMB is the only authorised body for the processing of admissions into Nigerian universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education (COE).

He noted that if a candidate’s name is not on the NML, it simply means his admission status is irregular and, therefore, unrecognised by JAMB thus rendering sych a candidate ineligible to participate in the National Youth Service corps programme (NYSC) scheme, as required of every Nigerian graduate.

He said ML is important because it is the most potent weapon with which JAMB has chosen to fight academic fraud.

The Registrar warned that JAMB would not recognise any claims of graduation without ML noting that the NYSC registration would be automatically rejected while such a candidate cannot be awarded the NYSC discharge certificate or exemption certificate, which is a prerequisite for any graduate above the age of thirty. However, foreign candidates are exempted and are given a waiver to enable their participation in the NYSC.

For proper documentation, the Registrar also stated that all institutions should invite the Board to their matriculation ceremonies at least two weeks to such events and expressed displeasure that some institutions are not complying with this cardinal requirement while others had failed to upload the matriculation list.