JAMB: More than 10,000 candidates involved in malpractice in Anambra

The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) says more than 10,000 candidates were been caught for examination malpractices in the on-going UTME in Anambra State and have been handed over to appropriate authority.

The Coordinator of the board in Anambra, Mrs Lynda Nwachukwu disclosed this to newsmen in Awka on
Saturday.

NAN reports that the all computer-based testing (CBT)
mode 2017 UTME, which started on May 13 in 642
centres nationwide, ended on May 20.
Mrs Nwachukwu said that the examination, which took place in 28 centres in the state, was successful.

“There was no disruption of the exercise in any of the
examination centres,’’ she said.
The coordinator said that the candidates adhered strictly
to the requirements of the examination, adding that JAMB
provided all the materials required for the examination.
NAN correspondent, who monitored the last batch of the
examination, reports that some parents complained of
system failure in some CBT centres in the state.

Mrs Eucharia Okonkwo, a parent, said her daughter, who
wrote the examination at the St Mary’s High School Ifite-
Dunu centre, could not complete the examination due to
the faulty computer and network failure at the centre.
According to her daughter, many candidates could not
complete the questions in record time because of the
faulty system.

Okonkwo advised JAMB to plan well for examination in
subsequent years to avoid the technical hitches that
could give the candidates psychological trauma.
Dr. Mose Mojekeh, Head, Department of Marketing at the
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, told NAN
on a telephone, that such system failure in UTME was not
acceptable.

According to him, the hiccups could potentially deny
young people from Anambra State, university admission.
Mojekeh advised JAMB to urgently collate the number of
candidates affected and set another examination for
them.

He also decried the practice whereby JAMB sends
officials from one state to supervise examinations in
another state.

“Experience has shown that such officials do not care
much about the candidates when problems arise, as they
leave them to their fate,’’ the lecturer said.
He called on the management of schools, whose
candidates experienced the computer failure, to take their
complaints to the State Ministry of Education to present
their cases.

NAN reports that the JAMB concluded its CBT on May
20.