JAMB 2018: Checkmating cheats with chips

The focus is again zooming into the annual JAMB examinations season which kicked off recently in Abuja where Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede

unveiled a package of updated measures featuring candidate-friendly as well as scam-jamming initiatives to critical stakeholders in his continuing determination to exit the “exams as usual” era. Barely a year on the hot-seat, the professor’s unconventional challenge of “widely-believed” impressions and attitudes in the national examinations arena has yielded unexpected insights and reforms that impacted positively on JAMB’s performance rating in management and conduct of national examinations policies and programmes.

 The clean-up ease up process however continues especially for candidtaes. Professor Oloyede expressed a determination to “be ahead of the cheats” as he announced that electronic jammers would be introduced at all CBT exam centers for 2018 as well as metal and lens detectors to ensure that the integrity of the tests is maintained. Accordingly, wrist watches, any form of pen excluding pencils and any electronic, gadget, device or lens will be contraband and even eye glasses are to be scrutinized following expert advice indicating that there may be more than meets the eyes in the spectacles! Closed circuit TV cameras are already major components of JAMB exam security infrastructure since the probing professor came on board.