Prof . Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB),
says the board might introduce new methods of registration come 2018 to checkmate fraudsters and malpractice.
Prof. Oloyede, made this known at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos, saying that any candidate, defrauded by fraudsters deserved no sympathy.
The registrar said the board would continue to introduce good measures to beat and checkmate examination malpractice, adding that next year’s examination might have a new registration process.
“Among the malpractices discovered this year was a case of two different persons having
fingerprints for a candidate. In this case, it is the impersonator and the person being impersonated conniving with
some other persons at the CBT centres. However, as they are coming up with all these tricks, we are putting modalities on
ground to be ahead of them. I want to assure that next year’s examination might not use the current method we used in
the examination process this year.
“People are being criminally innovative, but that will not stop us from moving ahead and
protecting the sanctity and integrity of our examination,’’ Oloyede said".
According to him, candidates who were defrauded deserve no pity because they were looking for ways to degrade the integrity and sanctity of the UTME.
“Even parents came to examination centres, looking for means to corner impersonators
to hire in order to help their ward pass the examination. In this case, it is widely observed that family
values have been eroded and it is indeed painful’’. Oloyede said.
The registrar said some `mushroom’ computer based Testing (CBT) centres has deviated from the set rules and guidelines.
“They do not deserve to be assisted as some of them, connive to defraud the innocent public
as they do anything possible to make money. They even create VIP rooms in their centres
by extending JAMB cables into a private room, where they write the examination for candidates for a fee just to extort
money from candidates" .
Oloyede, however, took cognisance of faithful centers and exonerated those centres, saying they had perfected the vision of JAMB.
According to him, the board is encouraging such upcoming and prospective CBT centres to
key into the board’s vision.
Assessing the conduct of the examination so far, the registrar said the conduct of the
examination could be said to be “free and fair’’ in spite of few technical hitches in some centres.
“ So far, 1,648,429 candidates have written the CBT mode
examination, ’’
Oloyede who was in lagos for assessment of some centres in the state said: “I must say that some of these centres did not really meet our standards nor abide by our rules. Some of these `mushroom’ centres broke the
rules by conniving with some candidates to compromise the integrity of the examination. It is indeed sad and painful that parents and even the candidates allow themselves to be defrauded and used by the owners of some of these centres".
“However, it has been good even
though we have seen how clever and wise our people can be, having tried to deploy all kinds
of shady means to cheat ,’’ he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 1.7 million candidates registered for the
examination, which is expected to end today, May
20.
says the board might introduce new methods of registration come 2018 to checkmate fraudsters and malpractice.
Prof. Oloyede, made this known at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos, saying that any candidate, defrauded by fraudsters deserved no sympathy.
The registrar said the board would continue to introduce good measures to beat and checkmate examination malpractice, adding that next year’s examination might have a new registration process.
“Among the malpractices discovered this year was a case of two different persons having
fingerprints for a candidate. In this case, it is the impersonator and the person being impersonated conniving with
some other persons at the CBT centres. However, as they are coming up with all these tricks, we are putting modalities on
ground to be ahead of them. I want to assure that next year’s examination might not use the current method we used in
the examination process this year.
“People are being criminally innovative, but that will not stop us from moving ahead and
protecting the sanctity and integrity of our examination,’’ Oloyede said".
According to him, candidates who were defrauded deserve no pity because they were looking for ways to degrade the integrity and sanctity of the UTME.
“Even parents came to examination centres, looking for means to corner impersonators
to hire in order to help their ward pass the examination. In this case, it is widely observed that family
values have been eroded and it is indeed painful’’. Oloyede said.
The registrar said some `mushroom’ computer based Testing (CBT) centres has deviated from the set rules and guidelines.
“They do not deserve to be assisted as some of them, connive to defraud the innocent public
as they do anything possible to make money. They even create VIP rooms in their centres
by extending JAMB cables into a private room, where they write the examination for candidates for a fee just to extort
money from candidates" .
Oloyede, however, took cognisance of faithful centers and exonerated those centres, saying they had perfected the vision of JAMB.
According to him, the board is encouraging such upcoming and prospective CBT centres to
key into the board’s vision.
Assessing the conduct of the examination so far, the registrar said the conduct of the
examination could be said to be “free and fair’’ in spite of few technical hitches in some centres.
“ So far, 1,648,429 candidates have written the CBT mode
examination, ’’
Oloyede who was in lagos for assessment of some centres in the state said: “I must say that some of these centres did not really meet our standards nor abide by our rules. Some of these `mushroom’ centres broke the
rules by conniving with some candidates to compromise the integrity of the examination. It is indeed sad and painful that parents and even the candidates allow themselves to be defrauded and used by the owners of some of these centres".
“However, it has been good even
though we have seen how clever and wise our people can be, having tried to deploy all kinds
of shady means to cheat ,’’ he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 1.7 million candidates registered for the
examination, which is expected to end today, May
20.
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