JAMB INTRODUCES NEW METHOD OF DETECTING CHEATING IN 2017 UTME EXAM

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,
JAMB, has come up with a new method of
detecting malpractice in the forthcoming
Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination, UTME.
JAMB registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede,
said yesterday that measures had been
taken to detect malpractices nationwide.
He revealed that the anti-cheating
measures would also be used to spot
examinations officials involved in
unprofessional conduct, no matter how
highly placed.
Prof. Oloyede was speaking at a meeting
with owners of computer-based test
facilities in Abuja.
According to him, the common fraud of
multiple registrations by UTME candidates
over the years had be detected and
curtailed while measures were being
adopted to prevent further cheating in
exams.
He further explained that candidates that
jot answers on papers, clothes or body
would be easily caught and if the answers
were similar to the questions, the board
would carry out an official inquiry to
determine the involvement of examination
officers or otherwise with a view to
prosecuting those found responsible.
He called on the proprietors of Computer-
Based Test, CBT, centers to keep to
instructions and make plans to ensure that
internet facilities and services were intact
during the examinations.

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