The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB on Wednesday has announced the arrest of a father and his over alleged impersonation during the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME).
The father was said to have been caught helping his son to sit for the exam according to the board.
The duo were consequently arrested and handed over to operatives of the Nigerian police
The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede who made this known stated that no fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the examination across the country.
Oloyode spoke shortly after monitoring the exam at the Kaduna State University CBT centre, Kaduna.
He noted that at the end of the examination on Wednesday, there would be less than 100,000 candidates remaining in Lagos, Benue and other states in the country.
He added that the Board’s improved technology made the exercise smoother and faster
Today, I have seen something which we need to improve on but most importantly, we have done so many things in the background to make the exercise faster, more efficient and better. We have increased the level of automation,” he added.
The JAMB boss who frowned at those who cheated during the ongoing examinations warned that cheating does not pay
Speaking further, Oloyede added that one of the the major challenges the Board encountered during the 2024 UTME exercise, was that of impersonation, saying that in one of the states, a father was caught impersonating his own son.
While highlighting other challenges faced by the Board, Oloyede said there were also cases of candidates having double National Identification Number (NIN), adding that JAMB would take up the issue with the National Identity Management Commission(NIMC).
Although the JAMB boss neither gave the names of the parent and his son nor the state in which the alleged malpractice took place, he said, “for those who engage in cheating, they should know that it does not pay. Technology is helping to check.
The JAMB Registrar also commended parents for their behaviour during the conduct of the 2024 UTME exercise, noting that there were no parents intrusion unlike the previous year where some parents flucked the various Computer-Based Centres during the exams.
