Here is latest gist as candidates
who decided to cheat during the UTME examination will be adequately
punished as JAMB decides to use CCTV footages to catch cheats.
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Current news report revealed that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will
watch recordings of proceedings in its Closed Circuit Camera Televisions
(CCTVs) during the just-concluded Universal Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME).
Base on information gathered the board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said
in a statement on Sunday in Lagos that such would enable it to detect
where there actually examination malpractices.
According to Benjamin, where there is any semblance of
irregularities, the board will not hesitate to do the needful, that is, sanction the cheats.
irregularities, the board will not hesitate to do the needful, that is, sanction the cheats.
“Those who know they were involved in any acts inimical to our
examination ethics should not celebrate as their inglorious days of
punishment will soon surface.
“Again, we want to seize this opportunity to debunk messages
being circulated by those who do not wish our education well that the
Senate has passed a bill urging the board to add extra 40 marks to
candidates.
“There is no bill anywhere, not even a motion has been tabled
before the two chambers of the National Assembly on the board’s 2017
UTME performance,” the statement made available to the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) said.
“The board wants to state for the umpteenth time that our
examination is not a ‘fail pass’ examination; it is a selection
examination, so, it can never be said that there is mass failure.
“It will be absolutely wrong for mischief makers to begin to
analyse an examination that has just been concluded without even looking
at the overall result.
“We urge candidates to disregard all funny connotations online
on their results as the board will not contemplate doing all that is
being speculated as that will negate the ethics of an examination body
as critical as JAMB.’’
It added that the board’s major concern had always been to ensure
that cheating during and after examination were reduced to zero level,
and this, he said, the board had substantially achieved.
It also noted that in order to ensure that the 2017 UTME met
international best standards of transparency, the Registrar had
constituted a taskforce with the mandate to examine the entire conduct
of the examination
The statement said the taskforce was expected to look at the
fortification processes done by the board, identify areas of loopholes
in various centres if any and consider cases that would require urgent
action, especially those involving candidates.
According to the statement, the taskforce is also expected to
investigate malpractice cases and recommend likely sanctions in
accordance with the provisions of the Examination Malpractice Act.
“One of the likely benefits of this taskforce which has
renowned scholars and management staff is to ensure that it identified
challenges to be addressed so that they don’t occur subsequently.
“The board is determined to ensure equity and fairness to all
candidates and will not hesitate to allow the weight of the law to deal
with whoever is involved in any infraction,” it said.
