According to the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, a staggering 1.94 million candidates sat for the 2024 examinations across the country.
The examinations, conducted amidst ongoing JAMB activities, took place at various Computer Based Test (CBT) centers in Kaduna.
As the examinations conclude today, the number of remaining candidates will be significantly reduced, leaving approximately 100,000 candidates in Lagos, Benue, and other states.
Oloyede highlighted the efficiency of JAMB’s processes, particularly the swift clearance of candidates and biometric data capture.
These improvements are part of JAMB’s re-engineering efforts to ensure a seamless and trouble-free examination experience.
Despite these advancements, the Registrar expressed concern about examination fraud. He emphasized that cheating does not yield any benefits.
Most of the challenges faced by JAMB relate to impersonation, with many cases involving candidates possessing double National Identification Numbers (NIN).
JAMB intends to address this issue by collaborating with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
“The important thing is that we are ahead of the impersonators, we have arrested a father writing examinations for his son, the kind of parenting in this generation is uncalled for, I wonder what the father will tell the son if they are locked up in the same cell.
“We now have the facilities to check all sorts of impersonation and other malpractices,” he said.
“There is no report this year of parents intruding, except one state. In that state, they felt since the first session failed, their children should not continue with the second or other sessions.
“Out of the country’s 775 centres, those who failed were not up to 20, and only one failed. Less than 30 of the centres failed at the first session because of ill preparation.
“When such things happen, the candidates should stay aside for the next session to move because questions are designed individually for a candidate,” he said.
