FG directs JAMB, WAEC, NECO to blacklist CBT centres, candidates, details emerge

• President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led national authorities has issued a caller directive to JAMB, WAEC, NECO, and NABTEB implicit exam malpractice
• Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has directed the introspection bodies to blacklist CBT centres and candidates recovered blameworthy of introspection malpractices
• Alausa said schools/CBT centres recovered blameworthy of exam malpractice volition beryllium derecognised and student(s) progressive successful introspection malpractice should beryllium barred from outer exams for 3 years

Legit.ng writer Adekunle Dada has implicit 8 years of acquisition covering basal and tertiary education successful Nigeria and worldwide

FCT, Abuja - The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) West African Examinations Council (WAEC), National Examinations Council (NECO), and the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) person been ordered to blacklist Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres and candidates recovered blameworthy of introspection malpractices.

Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, said immoderate schoolhouse oregon CBT centre recovered blameworthy of exam malpractice should beryllium derecognised for immoderate years.

Education minister, Tunji Alausa, says students recovered blameworthy of exam malpractice volition beryllium barred from outer exams for for 3 years. Photo credit: UTME/Nony and Sons
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Alausai said the fig of years would beryllium determined by the introspection body.

As reported by Vanguard, Alausa made this known successful a letter, dated May 27, 2025, and sent to JAMB and different introspection bodies.

It was gathered that the minister’s directive was a effect to the mind-boggling crisp practices that trailed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Education curate orders 3-year prohibition for exam malpractice

“If immoderate school/CBT centre is derecognised by immoderate introspection body, different sister introspection bodies should travel suit and derecognise the aforesaid school/CBT centre for the aforesaid fig of years to tally concurrently. This volition nonstop a precise beardown awesome to the operators of these occurrence centres.“The student(s) progressive successful introspection malpractice should beryllium barred from sitting for immoderate outer examinations successful Nigeria, specified arsenic those conducted by WAEC, NECO, NABTEB, etc, for 3 years, utilizing the instrumentality of NIN. Such a stringent measurement volition service arsenic a deterrent to different students and parents.”

According to Alausa, the directive is successful enactment with the extant law, particularly Section 16(2) of the Examination Malpractices Act.

The curate said the Act states:

“An introspection assemblage may, successful the workout of its powers nether this section, circulate the sanction of an offending candidate, supervisor, invigilator, official, schoolhouse oregon introspection centre to different introspection bodies, which whitethorn enforce akin punishment.”

Education curate Tunji Alausa says blacklisting volition service arsenic a beardown awesome to the offenders of exam malpractice. Photo credit: @olatunji_Godson
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JAMB identifies states with highest UTME malpractice

Recall that Anambra and Lagos states recorded the highest fig of exam malpractice cases successful the just-concluded 2025 UTME, with 14 and 9 suspects arrested, respectively.

JAMB uncovered caller cheating tactics, including biometric manipulation, impersonation, and amerciable mobile telephone usage during the exam.

The committee is investigating 80 suspects crossed six states and has vowed to tighten information and prosecute offenders.

UTME 2025: JAMB to resistance candidates to tribunal

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that JAMB said it volition enactment with instrumentality enforcement agencies to prosecute immoderate campaigner oregon instauration recovered breaching its codification of operations.

The committee announced this successful its latest play bulletin, made disposable to Legit.ng connected Monday, May 5, 2025.

JAMB said henceforth, stringent measures, including prosecution, would beryllium taken against erring candidates oregon institutions erstwhile they person been intelligibly indicted.

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