Fawaz Adebisi
The National Examinations Council, NECO, has strengthened it’s security, as it unveiled an e-platform for verification and confirmation of results of examinations, NECO e-verify.
The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, revealed this in Abuja, during the event of unveiling the platform, on Thursday.
In his words, the platform will facilitate the process of ensuring accuracy of academic credentials.
He explained that the platform was designed to perform dual result verification tasks like the instant result verification and institutional bulk verification.
Recently, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, caught a secondary school pupil, Ejikeme Mmesoma, who agreed to forging her results to become the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME top scorer.
Wushishi therefore said that the council’s aim is to increase confidence, reduce the risk of admitting/hiring unqualified persons that can lead to a number of risk such as poor academic performance, decreased productivity, low morale and improved efficiency.
According to him, accepting unqualified person may hinder the ease of achieving set goals, helping organisations to seamlessly verify the authenticity of NECO results presented to them for admission or recruitment anywhere around the globe.
In the same vein, he noted that the platform will bring a great deal of relief to millions of examination candidates, educational institutions and other stakeholders.
“Due to the growing need for verification and confirmation of results by institutions both home and abroad, the Council decided that now was the best time to introduce the e-Verify platform.
“The ‘NECO e-Verify’ is an Online Result Verification solution that guarantees instant authentication of academic and basic information about prospective candidates for admission and employment into academic institutions and work places respectively.
“Result verification is an important process that helps to ensure the accuracy of academic credentials.
“By verifying the authenticity of candidates’ results, academic institutions and employers will be more confident that they are admitting and hiring persons who have the required qualification for further studies and specific job schedules,” he said.
He added that with the new initiative, proper verification of candidates results, institutions and businesses will run more efficiently as they will be able to recruit the best applicants that are capable of learning faster and employees
“This also places universities and other tertiary institutions on a good pedestal as candidates with questionable results would not dare to apply for admission,” he added.
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