JAMB sets up special panel to investigate malpractice cases
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has established a special panel to investigate incidents of technologically driven malpractice identified during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
While inaugurating the 23-member Special Committee on Examination Infraction yesterday in Abuja, the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, expressed concern over the increasing complexity of exam fraud and disclosed that the results of 6,458 candidates were still under investigation for suspected involvement in advanced cheating methods.
“This year, we came across some strange things, and we felt that it would be better if we expanded our resources. And we believe that God has endowed this nation with a lot of resources that we can tap from,” Oloyede said.
He explained that malpractice had progressed beyond conventional tactics and now included “technologically sophisticated forms”, such as multiple instances of biometric and identity fraud carried out by some accredited CBT centres and candidates.
Oloyede emphasised the urgency of taking decisive measures to safeguard the integrity of examinations. He stated that although 141 incidents of ‘normal’ exam malpractice had already been referred to JAMB’s disciplinary committee, this newly constituted committee would deal with the ‘extraordinary infractions’, including image blending, fake albinism claims, finger pairing, and efforts to tamper with the local area network of some CBT centres.
He outlined the committee’s terms of reference, which include investigating all incidents of image blending, finger blending, false claims of albinism, and result falsification in the 2025 examination; identifying the techniques, trends, tools, and technologies used in committing these offences; reviewing existing examination and registration procedures; and proposing enhancements, among other responsibilities.
The committee has been given three weeks to complete its investigation and present its findings.
