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).
JAMB Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a
statement on Sunday, expressed confidence that such would enable it to
detect where there were actually examination malpractices.
“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”, he said.
“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 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”, he said.
Benjamin hinted 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.
He 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
He said 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,’’ the JAMB official added.
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