The joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has inaugurated a special committee to investigate cases of technology-driven malpractices detected during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Inaugurating the 23-member Special Committee on Examination Infraction yesterday in Abuja, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, decried the rising sophistication of exam fraud, revealing that the results of 6,458 candidates remained under investigation for alleged involvement in high-tech cheating.
“This year we came across some strange things and we felt that it would be better if we expand our resources. And we believe that God has endowed this nation with a lot of resources that we can tap from,” Oloyede said.
According to him, malpractice has evolved beyond traditional schemes into “technologically sophisticated forms,” including multiple cases of biometric and identity fraud by some accredited CBT centres and candidates.
Oloyede stressed the need for urgent action to protect the credibility of examinations. He disclosed that while 141 cases of ‘normal’ exam malpractice had been sent to JAMB’s disciplinary committee, the committee would handle ‘extraordinary infractions,’ such as image blending, albinism falsification, finger pairing, and attempts to breach some CBT centres’ Local Area Network.
He listed the terms of reference of the committee to include: Investigate all the cases of image blending, finger blending, false claim of albinism, and result falsification in the 2025 examination; identify the methods, patterns, tools, and technologies used to perpetrate this infraction; review current examination and registration policies, and recommend improvements, among others.
The panel has three weeks to submit its report.
