JAMB introduces new measures to detect cheating in exams nationwide

JAMB introduces new measures to detect cheating in exams nationwide

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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JAMB tells candidates to crosscheck their data before Saturday midnight

JAMB tells candidates to crosscheck their data before Saturday midnight

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has told prospective candidates for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), to crosscheck their registration forms before Saturday midnight.

Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Head of Media and Information, said the instruction is to ensure total inclusiveness.

JAMB closed registration for candidates by midnight on Friday, May 5 and the 2017 UTME is scheduled to hold May 13.

“All candidates who desire to do any change on their registration details are urged to do so today as the platform closes finally by 9pm of Saturday May 6.

“We are giving all the candidates the last chance to ensure that everyone is carried along and provided with equal opportunity.

“We also want to avoid a situation whereby candidates will have cause to complain of one incident or the other just before the commencement of the examination,” Benjamin said.

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JAMB assures UTME candidates of getting examination centres

JAMB assures UTME candidates of getting examination centres

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has advised candidates for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination not to panic over the delay in getting their examination centres.

Dr Fabian Benjamin, the Head of Media and Information of the board gave the advice in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja.

Benjamin said although the crosschecking of prospective candidates data would end by 9pm on Saturday, none of them has been given an examination centre.

He said that candidates would be given their examination centres before the examination date.

“Candidates are just concluding their registrations, so no one has received centre for the examination starting from May 13.

“Hopefully by next week they will start getting their centres, so there is no cause for worry,” he said.

He, nevertheless, urged all the UTME candidates to always check their emails for further updates.

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board said it had so far registered more than 1.7 million candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination across the country.

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UTME: JAMB vows to deal with erring CBT operators

UTME: JAMB vows to deal with erring CBT operators

The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Friday said the organization would sanction any operator of computer based centres (CBT) who would want to sabotage this year’s unified matriculation examination.

About 1.7 million candidates are expected to sit for the examination next Saturday.

Prof. Oloyede, during the final briefing on the 2017 unified tertiary matriculation examination for computer based test centres proprietors in Abuja on Friday, said any CBT operator caught sabotaging the examination would be severely dealt with.

He said: “The truth is that we are going to sanction some of them who misbehave and we mean it. We need to at least caution them. I will not go into some of those things I mentioned to them. You need to send some correct signal to some people.

“We have put some things in place to reduce malpractices and we have also sent the correct signal to the people that whoever is caught will be severely dealt with.

Prof. Oloyede said 635 CBT centres would be used for the conduct of the examination nationwide.

He appealed to the centre owners to ensure the smooth conduct of the examinations in the various centres.

“My colleagues, CBT centre owners, we want to appeal to you; let your centre to be put in proper shape for our examination. The mock examination has revealed a lot about the atrocities of many of the CBT centre owners ranging from LAN to inadequate facilities.

“All the things you put in place, our officers came and certified those things we later learnt you went to rent those things.

“I want to appeal to you to please talk to your colleagues so that we do not handle this very important national assignment in a way that will show that we are not patriotic. I think the nation requires of us the best we can give in these CBT centres.

He also said the agency has tackled issues of multiple registration which some candidates are involved in.

“One major problem is multiple registration and that we have tried to tackle. Even the issue of carrying jottings into examination hall will be reduced if the examination body is careful enough.

“We have tried our best to put in place things that will make cheating in the examination not attractive. Whoever is caught doing what he or she is not expected to do we will allow the full weight of the law to come down on the person,” he added.

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Wow: You Won’t Believe the Amount of Money JAMB Raked in From the Sale of Forms…See Details

Wow: You Won’t Believe the Amount of Money JAMB Raked in From the Sale of Forms…See Details

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has revealed the really large amount of money it has generated from the sale of forms. JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede. As registration for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination closes tomorrow (Friday), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said that an unprecedented number of 1.7m candidates registered for the examination. According to The Punch, the Head of Information, JAMB, Mr. Fabian Benjamin, who said that the number of registered candidates have “never been recorded in the history of the board’’, however, noted that JAMB had put in place adequate facilities to accommodate the upsurge in the number of candidates. About 1.2million candidates registered for the UTME in 2015 and 2016 respectively. With a cost of N5,000 per registration form (excluding an additional N500 for the reading text),  our correspondent learnt that the board raked in N8.5bn from the sale of forms. Benjamin, who spoke in a telephone interview with The Punch on Thursday, noted that the board would conduct the 2017 UTME on April 13. He said, “In 2016, about 1.2million candidates wrote the examination. It was the same in 2015 and that was why we projected for 1.5milion candidates this year. This year, registration period was reduced from six months to one month. But, despite the short registration period and capturing of 10 fingers, we have recorded 1.7million candidates. This shows the effectiveness of our processes. It also shows that whenever you have a setback you should not step back. “We have put everything in place to ensure the success of the examination. We have the capacity to accommodate 1.7million candidates. In 2016, we used 510 computer-based centres, including six foreign centres for 1.2million candidates. This year, we are making use of 633 centres. There is an increase of more than 100 centres to take care of the additional candidates.’’ Benjamin also noted that less than 10 per cent of registered candidates sat for the mock examination which held on Saturday.  He added that the results had been released to the candidates. “The mock examination came out as our best conducted examination. We wish it was the main examination. We could have held it the first time but we wanted the best that we could be proud of. The number of candidates who sat for the mock examination could have been higher but we had to shut the portal,’’ he said. http://amonpointtv.com/2017/05/05/wow-wont-believe-amount-money-jamb-raked-sale-forms-see-details/http://amonpointtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ABCD-417.jpghttp://amonpointtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ABCD-417.jpg2017-05-05T09:19:49+00:00MR. ONPOINTEXTRA The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has revealed the really large amount of money it has generated from the sale of forms. JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede.   As registration for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination closes tomorrow (Friday), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said that... amonpointtv@gmail.comAdministratorA blogger #AMonpointTV is my brand and am onpoint #Thank You For ReadingAM onpoint TV 

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