The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Professor Dibu Ojerinde while speaking at the 11th ICPC Good Governance Forum with the theme; “Good Governance, Accountability and Transformation:
The JAMB Experience”, held in Abuja announced the success of the board in curtailing examination malpractices through its innovative biometrics platform.
This, has given JAMB the ability to conduct examinations throughout West Africa and produce the results same day to avoid chances of manipulations.
He noted that the issue of fake admission letters has been checked by issuing electronic admission letters that bears candidate’s passport photograph.
Also the issue of some business centers superimposing another photo on an admission letter has been checked by verifying from a comprehensive manual which are usually sent to schools.
Ojerinde noted that in the past, everybody with the institution contributed to examination malpractice and leakage of question papers, from the secretariat staff to cleaners, computer operators, clerical staff, messengers, schedule officers, typists, proof readers, editors and scanner operators.
He asserted that the new system in place has exempted all officers from meddling with examination materials which are reserved for a selected few who are isolated for the period of preparing the questions and writing the exams.
“During this period, they do not have access to their phones for 38 days, they do not have access to their families and the outside world but they are well taken care of”, Ojerinde said.
Explaining how it is possible to release about 98,000 results two hours after the exam ; and 617,000 results in five days, after, he said that the examination body had 26 scanners ; one of which works on 15,000 scripts per day running three shifts.
He solicited the collaboration of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in completely stamping out corruption in the admission process.
