The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has taken swift action against examination malpractice by apprehending 27 individuals attempting to impersonate candidates for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This move is part of the Board’s ongoing efforts to ensure integrity in the examination process.
In a statement issued on Friday, JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, revealed that the arrest was part of a larger strategy to combat cheating, which includes monitoring exam centres and tracking suspicious activity.
In a move to counteract exam fraud, JAMB introduced decoy websites designed to expose individuals attempting to sell leaked questions and fraudulent score upgrades. The operation led to the identification of over 180 candidates who had paid significant sums for these illegal services. These findings highlight JAMB’s commitment to ensuring a fair and transparent exam process.
Further tightening regulations, JAMB announced that four Computer-Based Testing (CBT) centres in Abuja have been delisted due to failure to meet the necessary technical standards. The affected centres, located in Kano and Sokoto, were removed from the list of accredited venues for the UTME. Dr. Benjamin emphasised that candidates scheduled for these centres would need to reprint their examination slips, with no exceptions allowed for failure to do so.
