Tag: Malpractices
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Era of malpractices in UTME over – JAMB Registrar
The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, says the era of malpractices in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is over. Oloyede said this in his address at the foundation laying ceremony of the board’s International Talent Resort Centre on Wednesday in Gbongan town, Ayedaade Local Government Area of the…
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NECO releases results, says 2019 exams recorded highest malpractices ever
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has said that it recorded its highest cases of malpractice in the 2019 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) which resulted in a decline in the number of candidates with five Credits and above. The Registrar said that 17,004 cases of malpractice were recorded out of which 5,245 candidates were…
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JAMB suspends 17 CBT centres over malpractices, says no going back on Thursday deadline
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has suspended 17 Computer-Based Test centres from registering candidates for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for involving in different forms of malpractices. The board also said it would not extend the registration of candidates which will end on Thursday, February 21, with over 1.6 million persons now registered…
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Alleged exam malpractices: Court orders police to produce Adeleke, others on Oct 31
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, fixed October 31 for the arraignment of the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate in the September 22, 2018 election in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, and four others, on charges of examination malpractices. The judge, Justice I.E Ekwo, during a brief hearing, which was stalled due to…
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Sales of answers online: WAEC in dire need of government’s intervention to battle exam malpractices
Issues of examination malpractices in Nigeria, especially those perpetrated via the internet have become a major concern that has troubled stakeholders and defied several correctional approaches put forward by different examination bodies. In the last concluded 2018 examination organised by the West Africa Examination Council, WAEC, there were several reports that revealed how students in…
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2017 UTME: Over 60,000 candidates to rewrite exam for alleged involvement in malpractices
The Joint Examination and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has ordered a total of 62,140 candidates to rewrite the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, for their alleged involvement in malpractices and other infractions. The examination body also delisted some computer-based centres (CBT) from board examination as a result of technical deficiencies. It also suspended 48 centres…
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UTME: Observers score JAMB high on first class conduct
The Joint Action Coalition on Education (JACE), a coalition of various obsever groups which monitored Saturday’s UTME in various parts of the country has commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), for a hitch-free examination devoid of any irregularities. In a post UTME monitoring briefing in Lagos on Sunday, South West Zonal Co-ordinator of…